Jaspoon

Leadership competency : Ask good questions...

I listened to Carly Fiorina - an ex CEO of Hewlett Packard.. She was speaking at a entrepreneurship conference. One thing that reminded me strongly in her 1 hour sharing was the competency of a leader is the ability to ask question. This is so true...

Proverbs 19:20 says, “Get all the advice you can and be wise the rest of your life.”

Everyone has a reservoir of knowledge, skills, and experience they can share. A wise person will learn to draw them outby asking questions. If I were to sit down with someone, I’d learn some things that would make me a better leader and person. I’m sure of it. He/she had experiences that I haven’t had – and vice versa.

Be prepared with standard questions to ask every time you get around someone who’s making an impact with their life.

Questions like:
• How do you handle stress?
• What have been the greatest successes in your life?
• What were the causes of those successes?
• What were the greatest failures in your life?
• What would you do differently if you were starting over?
• What kind of books do you read?
• How do you manage your time?
• How do you manage your money?
• What have been the greatest lessons you’ve learned?
• What have been the greatest surprises in your life?

Successful people give off clues. Look for those clues. Pull them out and learn from them.

So let's practice the ART of ASKING Questions....

posted by jaspoon @ 12:06 AM