This is Steveer Robbins. Welcome to the Get It Done Guys, quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

Listener Nome writes in. Many of my job tasks depend on other people to complete, my boss, my colleague, my partners, my vendors, etc.

I get stuck and sometimes I forget to follow up on them and I don't complete them.

Do you have any tips for tackling tasks when I'm dependent on other people in order to complete

them?

Ah, Noam, you've put your finger on the problem with productivity?

It's other people.

Whenever they get involved, we are inconvenienced.

Cable TV is full of shows like the dog whisperer and the cat wrangler.

Well, what we need is a people whisperer. Someone to make all of those pesky people do what the

sensible thing is. Do what the right thing is. Do what we want. I've taken steps in the past to fill

this role. In episode 370, a fail-proof way to get coworkers to keep their

promises, I give a fail-proof way to get coworkers to keep their promises. You can find the episode

at get-it-done guy.com slash coworkers. It's all based on mind control, leverage, and leather

whips tipped with red silk tassels. But in this case, your question isn't how to brainwash them into

mindless, happy compliance with your wishes. You want to know something much, much deeper. How do you

keep track of everything so that nothing falls on the floor? Because sometimes what falls on the

floor is full of nitroglycerin, and that gets a little bit awkward. Delegation isn't just for managers anymore.

You're wrestling with a problem that all new managers wrestle with, which is how to track

and manage delegation.

But I'm not a manager, you cry.

Surprise!

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