CHAPTER 8Perfect Phrases to Make Requests and Negotiate
They say, “Ask and you shall receive.” It’s not always true, but asking sure helps! As it did when Susan orchestrated the writing of a six-hundred-page (!) collaborative book and her name was left off the draft cover. Hello! It turned out all she had to do was ask. The reply? “Oh, I’m sorry. We can list you as General Editor.” Too easy!
How many times have you needed a certain piece of equipment or office supply and, seeing it wasn’t there, assumed you wouldn’t get it and worked around it, knowing your life would be easier if you had it? What about assignments? Have you ever struggled through something that someone delegated to you, when you knew there was a real expert down the hall who ...
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