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Two Questions For Big Results
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Have you ever wanted to get more from your team meetings? Searched for ideas to be more creative and engage staff more meaningfully in group sessions? Two of the most powerful, and often under-utilized questions, can make a big difference to your effectiveness and team performance.
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Have you ever thought you could get more from your team meetings? Searched for ideas to be more creative and engage staff more meaningfully? Considered how to improve your team’s brainstorming or planning sessions? How to strengthen your presentation skills at the executive table or even get meaningful feedback on how you’re perceived by a key client or an important set of stakeholders?
When I debrief leaders on their narrative 360 feedback results, they will describe how they usually seek feedback regarding their work and how they ‘show up.’ When things really go sideways, they get plenty of feedback directly from others – no surprise there. But if all goes uneventfully, they usually skip the feedback process or use more formal tools like checklists or online surveys on an infrequent basis.
As a leader, two of the most powerful questions you can consistently and routinely ask.... (cont'd) |
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Keep Brainstorming – Your Best Ideas Are Still to Come
Imagine a team brainstorming session. At what point in the meeting do you think you’ll come up with your best, most inventive idea? Most people assume that the lightbulb moment will arrive right away, when you’re feeling freshest. But according to new research, we’ve got it wrong. Any leader who is assuming a role previously held by someone else has to face their predecessor’s legacy, but those who are replacing poor or controversial leaders have a special challenge. These three strategies will help your team and company move forward. |
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