Fortune 500 CEO 'always' asks her employees this question—Harvard expert says it's great leadership: 'Well done'
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Fortune 500 CEO 'always' asks her employees this question—Harvard expert says it's great leadership: 'Well done'
• What are your goals for yourself? What steps are you taking to achieve them?
• When are you most energized at work? How can you do more of that?
• On a scale of one to ten, how challenged do you feel? How challenged would you like to feel?
Dan Rockwell • Set Goals That Strengthen Relationships
Some questions that I’ve found to be very effective in one-on-ones: If we could improve in any way, how would we do it? What’s the number-one problem with our organization? Why? What’s not fun about working here? Who is really kicking ass in the company? Whom do you admire? If you were me, what changes would you make? What don’t you like about the
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Here are some of my favorite provocative questions: What's next? What don't we know? What are we going to do? When did you last create something? What's relevant? What questions should we be asking? What's the most important thing? What would make you a little more uncomfortable? What would be your first move as CEO? What is the world telling you?
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Questions to ask your boss
What do you think are the 3 biggest issues for our team right now?⇒ Shows big-picture thinking and caring about the team’s success
My top 3 priorities are X, Y and Z — do you feel they’re the most impactful way for me to spend my time? ⇒ Shows desire to have impact and work on the most important things
I noticed X happe
• What's relevant?
• What questions should we be asking?
• What's the most important thing?
• What would make you a little more uncomfortable?
• What would be your first move as CEO?
• What is the world telling you?
• How could you put yourself out of business?
• What should we start, stop, and continue?
• How much time have you thought about your team tod... See more
• What questions should we be asking?
• What's the most important thing?
• What would make you a little more uncomfortable?
• What would be your first move as CEO?
• What is the world telling you?
• How could you put yourself out of business?
• What should we start, stop, and continue?
• How much time have you thought about your team tod... See more
One CEO we interviewed said it beautifully: “In my daily top team meetings, I ask, ‘Who is having challenges? Who are the people I should personally reach out to at any level in the organization?’” There is a call to action to have a finger on the pulse of the organization. How do employees feel? Where do connections need to happen? It requires a c... See more