CHAPTER 13

See Yourselfas a System

YOU ARE A SYSTEM as complex as the one you are trying to move forward. To understand your personal system, you have to take stock of many different things: your personality, life experiences, cognitive and other skills, and emotional makeup. You also need to appreciate that your behaviors and decisions stem not just from forces within yourself as a system but also from forces acting on you in any given organizational situation. By understanding which roles you play in your organization, you can identify the resources and constraints on your ability to make things happen.

When you combine these situational insights with insights into yourself as a system, you can assess how well (or not well) you are suited ...

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