Chapter 6. DEVELOP A MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE
Chapter Outline
Admission to the Inner Circle
Commit Yourself to Management's Team
Ask Managerially Relevant Questions First
Be Ready with Answers
Why Bosses Sometimes Bypass Staff
Whining Turns Bosses Off
Say Things That Matter
Questions to Consider
People in staff functions tend to believe that their recommendations, big ideas, or silver bullets will save the day for management. In reality, silver bullets, big ideas, and brilliant strategies are extraordinarily rare. Those in operations learn relatively quickly that most progress is actually made incrementally, often following established patterns of thinking, experience, and scientific or at least rigorous exploration and study, with a hint of intuition ...
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