{"id":1499,"date":"2013-10-03T01:31:34","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T06:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/?p=1499"},"modified":"2013-09-17T07:40:57","modified_gmt":"2013-09-17T12:40:57","slug":"plan-your-work-work-your-plan-plus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/2013\/10\/plan-your-work-work-your-plan-plus\/","title":{"rendered":"Plan Your Work, Work Your Plan, Plus"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Dwayne Phillips<\/p>\n

In addition to the planner’s basics, talk directly to the right people in a frank manner.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Years ago, I worked with a company VP who had success on the vast majority of his projects. His “secret” was:<\/p>\n

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  1. Plan your work (in detail)<\/li>\n
  2. Work your plan (track progress in detail)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Okay, big deal. I had heard this clever little phrase first in 1980 (yes, I am that old).<\/p>\n

    This successful VP, however, had one more step:<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Talk directly to the right people in a frank manner.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Hmm. There are several parts of this extra step:<\/p>\n

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      • Talk – face to face with words<\/li>\n
      • Directly – not around the corner by triangulating rumors with people<\/li>\n
      • Right – you have to know who the right person is which means you have to know what is happening<\/li>\n
      • People – not talking to the wall or to the PowerPoint or to the…<\/li>\n
      • Frank – candid, honest, open, no riddles, no hints<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        There is much to this extra step. This VP did all those things, and he succeeded. Funny, all those right people with whom he spoke directly in a frank manner also succeeded.<\/p>\n

        Also, this step acknowledges that accomplishing work comprises far more than plans on the wall. People perform the work. No people – no work. People have more to do in their lives than follow my silly little plan that is stuck to the wall. I have to work in those boundaries.<\/p>\n

        Why don’t we all do this all the time? Perhaps we don’t want to know the answer to that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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