Questions?: The Art of Asking Good Questions

Some questions to consider… What’s your most-successful recruiting technique? What 3 words would you use to sum up your best younger person? When it comes to…

About “ Delegation ”… some questions to consider: • To what extent do we want to delegate? • When we delegate – What are the best practices ?

Recently I read a book by a well-established and reputable self-help organization. It taught that self-confidence is an external manifestation of one's…

Thought Tweet #816.5 Why do so many people let so many problems arrive as surprise packages? The Thinking Behind The Tweet A salute to risk management...

Thought Tweet #815.5 Who is responsible for this work? [Do you ever ask questions about Delegation ?] The Thinking Behind The Tweet Does this person have the…

Thought Tweet #813 Accountability: How much? How often? On a 1-to-10 scale, how do you rate your average accountability at work items? The Thinking Behind…

There are Task Donors : those are the people who delegate tasks . There are Task Recipients : those are the people who receive those delegated tasks. Task…

When you reach a point in your business where you are juggling too many balls and you begin to drop them. When you want to free yourself of work in areas…

Thought Tweet #810 What decision-making lesson do you learn from people who procrastinate or change their minds? The Thinking Behind the Tweet What comes…

Thought Tweet #810.5 What things affect a person's ability to be accountable in business? The Thinking Behind The Tweet What criteria drive the need for…

When we empower people to think and take action and we expect them to put that empowerment to good use, what sort of action are we trying to delegate? Are we…

Thought Tweet #809 What time-management lesson do you learn from people who have the habit of saying, " I'm too busy "? The Thinking Behind The Tweet What…

Thought Tweet #807 What's become of our leaders? And, isn't it time to make a deference? The Thinking Behind The Tweet I believe there was a time when it was…

Thought Tweet #797 Think back to the early years of your career. Does one of your first bosses glow fondly in your mind? The Thinking Behind The Tweet What…

Who needs to learn? Who do you think is in most need of learning ...You? Others? Who is going to do the teaching ...You? Others? How will the teaching and…

Thought Tweet #794.5 What skill comes first: (1) you using your time productively or (2) you helping someone else use his time productively? The Thinking…

Our skin is about a millimetre thick. That's thick enough to protect our soft and vulnerable internal things from most damage. Yet, far too often, it is not…

Thought Tweet #790.5 Do you test your Decisions against the Values you hold? The Thinking Behind The Tweet You will find decision-making becomes easier and…

No - a business does not need a Mission Statement. If people at a business want a Mission Statement then the first thing to do is ask them to define ‘Mission…

Thought Tweet #786 You think about how you act at work. Do you think about how you think at work? The Thinking Behind The Tweet While at work... you think…

Thought Tweet #785 Your Gut Feel : Is it good, bad, or indifferent? The Thinking Behind The Tweet Does your gut feel serve you well? Is it, somehow, a…

We all have AHA! Moments. These are moments when things fall into place, when things feel right & good, and when we feel at least a little bit wiser…

Thought Tweet #776 It's Your Mind: do you choose to sculpt it or just let it wander lost? OR The Thinking Behind The Tweet Thinking...that's the way to…

Consider the decisions made at your business: Are decisions made quickly? Do decisions receive attention and quality input from many people? Are decisions…

In times gone by, I used to talk about 3 Sacred Things in Business . And, out of the 3 things, #2 was: " Customers Pay Me ". Customers Pay Me A deal is a…

Dealing with Other People: Making Business Decisions People are social creatures: we live with one another, we live near one another in community, and we…

Thought Tweet #745 The question shouldn't be, Is the glass half-full or half-empty? It should be, Is the glass half-full and half-empty? The Thinking Behind…

For the sake of change and innovation , I hope you can. For the sake of future Canadian generations, I hope you can. For your piece of mind, I hope you can…

Thought Tweet #735 Slightly annoyed people used to say, " Get a Life ". Reality TV has taken the sting out of that admonition. The Thinking Behind The Tweet…

Edward de Bono is one of my heroes. In my opinion, he is the world's greatest creative thinking educator. I have written about Edward de Bono and his ' Six…