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How to break the “get me everything” cycle

Too often, leaders ask for “everything” for a new project, then nothing happens. If this sounds familiar, here’s how to identify and break the cycle.
December 14, 2022

Too often, leaders ask for “everything” for a new project, then nothing happens. If this sounds familiar, here’s how to identify and break the cycle.

Have you ever been pulled into an important project with someone much higher up at the company than you? It’s exciting! They don’t know exactly what they need to get started, so they ask you for everything. You get everything, and then, nothing happens. The project moves to the back burner.

A few months later and the project is back! But your data is out of date, so you have to go get everything again.

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