Daniel Robin & Associates

Making Workplaces Work Better

Keyword: Getting Things Done

Getting things done is what management is all about -- results! Balancing focus and assertiveness toward goals with flexibility in the relationship means knowing when and how to lead toward goals and agreements, using effective strategies for leading change, and how to use power and authority to motivate, negotiate, and get results.

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The Art and Practice of Agreement (026; see Section III below)

Learn about the Four Pillars of Agreements

Thirteen-part Series on Leadership in Action

• Part 1:  Fail Often to Succeed Sooner (089)

• Part 2:  The Quest for Making High-Quality Mistakes (099)

• Part 3:  False Responsibility and Its Remedies (109)

• Part 4:  Fix Systems, Not People (129)

• Part 5:  The Nerve To Serve (030)

• Part 6:  Knowing When to Get Out of the Way (040)

• Part 7:  Measuring Mirth (050)

• Part 8:  Healthy Assertiveness:  Pushy or Passionate (070)

• Part 9:  Speaking Up about Put-downs (080)

• Part 10:  Four Steps to Handling Aggressive Impulses (090)

• Part 11:  Dealing with Aggressive Leaders - One Dirty Look at a Time (100)

• Part 12:  Control Isn't Even for the Birds:  Nature's Leadership Lessons (021)

• Part 13:  Dealing with Differences (081)

Three-part Series on Boundaries: Exploring the Inner Frontier

1. How to Create and Maintain Healthy Workplace Boundaries (boundaries)
2. Skills to Set and Maintain Healthy Workplace Boundaries (boundaries2)
3. What's a Healthy Boundary Between You and that Maniac? (boundaries3)

• Healthy Boundaries Self-Assessment (boundaries_selfeval)
• The Art and Practice of Agreement (026; see Section III below)
• Four Pillars of Getting Things Done Through Agreements (4pillars)

Three-part Series on Fear:

1. Is Fear Useful, or Just. . . Scary?  (037)
2. Fear is Nothing to be Afraid of (047)
3. Three Faces of Fear at Work (057)

1. Personal Tools for Leading Transitions (036)
2. Interpersonal Strategies for Leading Transitions (046)
3. Organizational Pathways: Strategies for Leading Change (056; see Section III)

1. Power Plays with People, Part I (035)
2. Fun Things to do with Power, Part II (045)
3. Hidden Sources of Power at Work (039)
4. Practical Power (049)

1. Difficult Behavior, Pt.1 ("Who Me?") (difficult)
2. Dealing with Negativity, Pt. 2 (Whose Stuff is It?) (difficult2)
3. Difficult Behavior, Pt. 3 (difficult3)

• The Electronic Way: This is Your Brain on the Internet (114)

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