Limited Visionary: Career-Limiting Belief #9

Engineers are trained to do a job, but some have shortsightedness when thinking about how their individual tasks contribute to the whole enterprise. This chapter discusses some of the actions that clearly represent limiting belief #9. Successful people understand that they must look beyond their immediate organization. They understand that they must help coordinate every part of the organization that they impact and touch. They also know that they do not work in isolation. Adding this Gem to the Map of the World shifts the focus of attention, positively. It is important to find the cause-and-effect relationships of manager's actions beyond the immediate areas of involvement. Managers cannot be everywhere and cannot know everything. They are dependent upon communication with a wide variety of sources in order to understand if those who report to them are completing their work as expected.