Who are "they" anyway? : a tale of achieving success at work through personal accountability

A charming workplace parable to inspire your staff to achieve success through greater personal accountability. Every team, every organization, every group has problems. Every individual has problems, too. Often we search for the right person or persons to solve those problems. The question is: Where and how do we find them? Who are ""they"" anyway? In Who Are ""They"" Anyway? BJ Gallagher and Steve Ventura lead readers on a personal quest-a journey-in search of someone who can fix what's wrong, deal with difficult people, and take charge of fixing individual and organizational problems. Who is that special person? The results may surprise readers, as they learn: • Who those ""theys"" are who seem responsible for every organization's bureaucratic hassles. • How to stop looking for someone to blame or someone to come to the rescue. • How to experience the job satisfaction and personal pleasure that comes from taking ownership and solving problems. Both practical and inspirational, Who Are ""They"" Anyway? is written to appeal to both the heads and hearts of employees at all levels-from folks on the front line, to supervisors and middle managers, all the way to top executives. It includes tips, strategies, quizzes, and how-tos to help readers apply the story in their own work lives. It is a message of encouragement and empowerment, and the personal and organizational payoff can be enormous. September 2004 - Automotive Design & Production charming little book...if you have a problem, the key to solving it is asking yourself "What do I want?" This video and the accompanying leader's guide are designed to help you and your organization make the shift from looking for "them" to blame to realizing that there is no "them" and beginning to accept personal accountability. The training designs, participant handouts, group's discussion questions, and individual exercises are all aimed at providing a powerful catalyst to help everyone in the organization understand that personal responsibility is a choice. Each day, each hour, each moment, you make a choice about whether you are going to be responsible for your job and your life, or whether you are going to abdicate responsibility and look for "them" to blame instead. No one makes that choice for you -- you do it yourself. Consciously or unconsciously, you are the one who does the choosing. No one can make you be responsible -- only you can choose it For many years I've heard about "they" ... and I've often wondered just who are they, anyway?