What questions are you asking?
Are you the Chief Question Asker (CQA) for your team or organization? Are you a good enough listener to ask the right questions? This week in the #CJJblog I am starting a two part series on asking the right questions. I will give you some categories followed by some very insightful questions you could (should) be asking. What is the best question you have ever been asked?
- Ask yourself
- What does this mean to me?
- Why was I put on this earth?
- Who do I love (who loves me)?
- What can/can’t I control?
- How do I feel about this?
- What am I focused on?
- What do I believe that others don’t?
- What is something I no longer believe?
- Interview Questions
- Tell me about the best boss you’ve ever had. What made them great?
- Tell me a story of how you overcame adversity.
- If there were no people on earth, what animal would you be, and why?
- With your strengths, what would be a good job for you, and why?
- What are you willing to give up for the team?
- (Fill in the blank): I love it when_____.
- What’s a specific problem you’ve faced and how did you deal with it?
- One-on-one Meetings
- Ask deeper meaning questions about feelings, values, and beliefs.
- Do you want to be helped, heard, or hugged?
- How has failure shaped you?
- What is the greatest lesson you’ve learned?
- What are you currently reading that I should read?
- What have you done that I should do?
- Who do you know that I should know?
- How can I add value to you?
- Implementing Change (Jim Kwik)
- How can I use this?
- Why must I use this?
- When will I use this?
- Being a Supervisor (Darrin Peppard)
- What went well?
- What surprised you?
- What will you do differently next time?
Did You Know? Coach Jim Johnson made it to the Semifinals of his local tennis league at the Tennis Club of Rochester. Check back next week for the results!
Life Tip #19: Constantly improve your communication skills (and ask great questions).
