You Don't Have to Do It Alone(c) How to Involve Others to Get Things Done 

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• 1. Table of Contents

• 2. BackCover

• 3. You Don t Have To Do It Alone--How to Involve Others to Get Things Done

• 4. Preface

• 5. Introduction

  Fears and Hopes Around Involvement

• 6. Building a Foundation

  Building a Foundation

• 7. The Five Questions

  The Five Questions

• 8. Chapter 1: What Kind of Involvement is Needed?

  Overview

• 9. Is Doing it Alone Your Best Answer?

  Is Doing it Alone Your Best Answer?

• 10. What Kind of Involvement Do You Need?

  What Kind of Involvement Do You Need?

• 11. Why Determines How

  Why Determines How

• 12. Different Kinds of Involvement: A Case Study

  Different Kinds of Involvement: A Case Study

• 13. Chapter Checklist

  Chapter Checklist

• 14. Chapter 2: How do I Know Whom to Include?

  Overview

• 15. How do I Involve More than the Usual People?

  How do I Involve More than the Usual People?

• 16. How Many People Should I Include?

  How Many People Should I Include?

• 17. Should the Same People be Involved Throughout all the Work?

  Should the Same People be Involved Throughout all the Work?

• 18. Chapter Checklist

  Chapter Checklist

• 19. Chapter 3: How do I Invite People to Become Involved?

  Overview

• 20. The List of People We Want to Invite

  The List of People We Want to Invite

• 21. How to Invite Them

  How to Invite Them

• 22. Making it Personal

  Making it Personal

• 23. Asking Them to do Something

  Asking Them to do Something

• 24. Dealing with Objections

  Dealing with Objections

• 25. Following Up

  Following Up

• 26. Chapter Checklist

  Chapter Checklist

• 27. Chapter 4: How do I Keep People Involved?

  Overview

• 28. Remind People Why They Got Involved in the First Place

  Remind People Why They Got Involved in the First Place

• 29. Keep the Key People Involved

  Keep the Key People Involved

• 30. Support People so They Want to Stay Involved

  Support People so They Want to Stay Involved

• 31. Keep an Open Mind About Who Stays Involved

  Keep an Open Mind About Who Stays Involved

• 32. Don t Worry If a Few Team Members Choose to Opt Out

  Don t Worry If a Few Team Members Choose to Opt Out

• 33. Chapter Checklist

  Chapter Checklist

• 34. Chapter 5: How do I Finish the Job?

  Overview

• 35. Making Sure the Job is Completed

  Making Sure the Job is Completed

• 36. Preparing for Future Work

  Preparing for Future Work

• 37. Inspiring People to Get Involved Again

  Inspiring People to Get Involved Again

• 38. Chapter Checklist

  Chapter Checklist

• 39. Chapter 6: Meetings: the Involvement Edge

  Overview

• 40. A New Blueprint for Meetings

  The Axelrod Canoe: a blueprint for getting people involved in meetings

• 41. Special Considerations

  Special Considerations

• 42. Meetings as Rituals

  Meetings as Rituals

• 43. Meetings that Generate Involvement

  Meetings that Generate Involvement

• 44. Chapter Checklist

  Chapter Checklist

• 45. Chapter 7: Where to Start

  Overview

• 46. Repeating Patterns

  Repeating Patterns

• 47. Guidelines for Effective Involvers

  Guidelines for Effective Involvers

• 48. Many Ways to Start

  Many Ways to Start

• 49. Appendix A: The Involvement Checklist

• 50. Appendix B: For Further Learning

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