The headline (if you will) of the conference was John C. Maxwell. He’s an author of many books , primarily focusing on leadership. He’s also an accomplished speaker (I’ve witnessed this first hand now) entertaining and educating Fortune 500 companies, international government leaders, and many organizations.
Mr. Maxwell was promoting the book he released in 2014 entitled Good Leaders Ask Great Questions and shared advice on asking good questions and how asking good questions can help your business. I’d like to share some of the advice I captured:
- Ask good questions every day
- Take your mentors out to lunch. Don’t eat, ask questions
- Sample question:
- Who do you know that I should know?
- Be intentional about your questions
- Ask yourself good questions
- Sample questions:
- Am I investing in myself?
- What am I doing today to make myself a better leader tomorrow
- Am I a person of value? How? Why?
- Do I care about the people around me?
- Am I investing my time with the right people
- Do they have character?
- Do we have chemistry?
- Do they have capacity?
- Do they have commitment?
- Am I doing what I love and do I love what I do?
- Am I staying in my strength zone?
- Am I taking people to a higher level?
- Are they succeeding because of the way I’m leading?
- Am I developing leaders?
- Am I taking care of today?
- Am I taking time to think?
- Am I doing things right?
- Am I doing what’s right by my family?
- Am I doing what’s right by my friends?
- Am I doing what’s right by my values?
- Develop an action plan for the information you learn from the questions you ask. ACT!
- A – apply
- C – change
- T – teach
Use these questions and ask new questions in order to stay focused on your success and whatever that means to you.
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