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CHAPTER 38 Establish Effective Cooperati... > 2. Make your boss effective - Pg. 180

180 / what makes gre at le aders gre at superior, but if they are working on a project, they will also have a project manager above them in that connection. In the context of their own work, these people are dependent on the results that you achieve, and at the same time you will be dependent on others. You would be very well advised to begin by drawing up two such depen- dency lists, the first titled "People on whom I depend (with regard to my results), and the second headed "People who depend on me (with " regard to their results). " Lists of this kind should not remain limited to dependencies within the compiler's organization. Many partnerships in business fail because dependencies outside the organization in question are not sufficiently kept in mind or taken seriously. So make sure that you include custom- ers, joint ventures, strategic partnerships, and any other scenarios in which you and others might be mutually dependent. Dependent rela- tionships most definitely do not stop at the outer limits of an organiza-