Teachers will remind us that, “there’s no such thing as a dumb question.” And that’s true. However, in business there are questions that seek to dig deeper and make our leader think, and then there are questions that take up our leader’s valuable time or make our leader think
for us.

Good Questions:

  • Help us understand our leader’s thought process behind their decisions so that we can learn to approach opportunities and challenges as they would
  • Make our leader think about options or obstacles they haven’t considered
  • Allow us to gain a better understanding of our organization or our industry (click to continue…)
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What Real Job Security Looks Like

May 21, 2013
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What is job security? Most of us would probably define it as feeling quite safe and secure with our position within our company. Factors that give us a sense of job security include being good at what we do, being the only one who knows how to do the job, our  tenure, or maybe even [...]

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5 Challenges in the Player/Coach Transition

May 15, 2013
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I recently had a great conversation with a group of leaders each making their transition from player to the role of player/coach. These individuals are learning to find the balance between producing and leading, and they shared with me the most surprising and difficult lessons they’re learning in their player/coach season. Delegation is difficult. “Will [...]

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