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All You Have to Do Is Ask: How to Master the Most Important Skill for Success

All You Have to Do Is Ask: How to Master the Most Important Skill for Success

Baker, Wayne

Hardcover

Business GeneralSelf-Help

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ISBN10: 1984825925
ISBN13: 9781984825926
Publisher: Crown Currency
Published: Jan 14 2020
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.80
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.30
Language: English
A set of tools for mastering the one skill standing between us and success: the ability to ask for the things we need to succeed.

Imagine you're on a deadline for a big project, and feeling overwhelmed. Or you're looking for a job, but can't seem to get your foot in the door. Or you're dying for tickets to a sold out concert, and all your leads have gone cold.

What do these problems have in common? They can all be solved simply by reaching out to a colleague, friend, or wider network and making an ask.

Studies show that asking for help makes us better and less frustrated at our jobs. It helps us find new opportunities and new talent. It unlocks new ideas and solutions, and enhances team performance. And it helps us get the things we need outside the workplace as well. And yet, we rarely give ourselves permission to ask. Luckily, the research shows that asking--and getting--what we need is much easier than we tend to think.

Here, Wayne Baker shares a set of strategies--used at companies like Google, GM, and IDEO--that individuals, teams, and leaders can use to make asking for help a personal and organizational habit, including:

- A quiz to identify your asking-giving style

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