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Getting It Done (Unabridged) [Audio Download]

by Roger Fisher (Author), Alan Sharp (Author), Mario Machado (Narrator)
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  • Listening Length: 2 hours and 31 minutes
  • Program Type: Audiobook
  • Version: Unabridged
  • Publisher: Phoenix Audio
  • Audible Release Date: 22 May 2009
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B002SQ23X6
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

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"Profound lessons made simple by one of the world's greatest teachers." In this chaotic world of teams, matrix management, and horizontal organizations, it's tougher than ever to get things done. How can you lead when you're not the one in charge? How can you be effective when joint action is needed? You need an edge in order to reach solutions and effectively work with people. introducing the technique of lateral leadership, Getting it Done explains how you can: best help a group formulate a clear vision of the results they want; suggest a course of action; learn from past experiences; ask questions effectively; offer ideas that will be heard, and influence the actions of other through your own behavior. The invaluable skills of lateral leadership enable you to achieve the ultimate goal-successful collaboration.
©1998 Roger Fisher; (P)2009 Phoenix
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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I read and read this book as an IT professional and really learnt about most of the problems I've been encountering. I hence moved from complaint to contributive proposition and got self-confident in any further action taken since. Moreover, most of the examples produced are common to major enterprises. I am convinced things could be better in some enterprises, had the management read this sort of best-practice-minded book. I have started disseminating the book around me and hope it'll help go ahead solving problems and sharing knowledge. It's clear problems mostly arise due to a lack of managerial culture.
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34 of 36 people found the following review helpful
Indispensable 20 Jan 2002
Format:Paperback
Packed with useful advice, techniques and plans for collaborative working and altering the way your colleagues and organisation works. Useful section on analytical thinking: how to make those unstructured, going nowhere meetings more productive. They're also willing to say when trying to change your colleagues' attitudes you won't get it right or be successful all the time, but they make a great case for sticking at it. Very useful, I'll be referring to this for some time to come.
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42 of 47 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Hardcover
Whenever I meet with bright, motivated business people who want to improve the world, they always complain about others in their organizations who will not cooperate in a change process. Get those reluctant people on board the progress train, and the more positive future will soon arrive. Almost never do these complainers realize that their own habits, perspective, and behavior are contributing to delaying the progress by making others oppose the initiative.

Getting It Done is a wonderful book for helping each of us see ourselves as part of the problem and part of the solution in situations when many people must cooperate. That's a first in my experience.

The book builds on that valuable perspective by suggesting what skills we each need to improve, and how we can implement a process that will lead to genuine, effective progress. That is very critical, because most improvements occur because someone has designed an effective process to ease their implementation. In new areas, by definition, there is seldom such a process. My suggestion is that you try this one if you have no other.

I also liked the way the authors went on to generalize about how lateral leadership (influencing peers) provides lessons for when you are the boss. The same lessons apply here as well. Influencing people through genuine involvement leads to both better solutions and to better implementation.

If you only read and learn to apply one book this year, Getting It Done should be that book. My reasoning is simple. If you cannot help those you work with to make successful collaborations, you and everyone around you will always operate at a low level of effectiveness. Also, your work day will be filled with stress, conflict, pressure, too much to do, and worry. That's not the way you want to live. Getting It Done can help you develop the skills to get the benefits of how all of us know and can do more than any one of us. When you are able to get that benefit from being in an enterprise, life becomes very interesting, rewarding, and meaningful. You will also feel good about living closer to your potential as a person.

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Clear, Simple Way to Learn Lateral Leadership
Have you ever been in a position where you did not have formal authority to change the behaviour of fellow team members only to discover, to your chagrin that telling them what to... Read more
Published on 21 April 2009 by A. O. P. Akemu
Some very useful tips for working better with others
There is no doubting that working in a team we get more done than working alone. This book is packed with tips on how we can work/collaborate better with others. Read more
Published on 28 May 2008 by Mr. A. Hussain
I wonder how Dilbert would lead
There was strange assumption that organizations greatest problem is inefficiency that is caused by lack of co-operation and bad communication. Read more
Published on 24 May 2008 by Kerola Sami
Enjoyed it
The book is good and it improved my knowledge. I felt a little was lacking in the implementation aspects of leadership skills. Read more
Published on 22 July 1999
filled with powerful tools and ideas
Fisher, Sharp and Richardson have an astonishing ability to design simple but powerful tools for clear thinking and focused action.
Published on 11 Jun 1999
Thought provoking how-to for implementing change
This book is great! I have bought copies for several of my friends who are in dysfunctional companies. The chapter on "Purpose" is worth the price alone. Read more
Published on 9 July 1998
Thought provoking how-to for implementing change
This book is great! I have bought copies for several of my friends who are in dysfunctional companies. The chapter on "Purpose" is worth the price alone. Read more
Published on 9 July 1998
REALLY helpful for getting a team to work together
Well organized, easy to read. This little handbook offers lots of ideas for how to influence (for the better) the way your team works together. Read more
Published on 3 July 1998
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