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78 important questions every leader should ask and answer /

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Clarke-Epstein, Chris
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : AMACOM, ©2002.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • How to Use This Book
  • A Warning
  • Introduction: Answers, You Want Answers
  • The Power and Problem of Why?
  • Questions Leaders Need to Ask Themselves
  • What does leadership mean?
  • How do you feel about being a leader?
  • What do you want to be remembered for?
  • Are you happy?
  • What are you afraid of?
  • Are you sure you want to ask questions?
  • Questions Leaders Need to Ask Customers
  • Why do you do business with us?
  • Why do you do business with our competition?
  • How and when have we made it hard for you to do business with us?
  • What will you need from us in the future?
  • If you were me, what's one thing you'd change about my organization?
  • How can we effectively tell you that we're grateful for your business?
  • Questions Leaders Need to Ask Employees About the Business
  • How do we make money?
  • How does your work contribute to our success?
  • How could we save money?
  • How could you make your job more effective?
  • What's the most important thing you know about our customers?
  • What's something we could offer to our customers?
  • Who do you see as our competition, and what do you know about them?
  • Deeper Questions Leaders Need to Ask Employees
  • What gets in the way of your doing your job?
  • What does our leadership team do that gets in the way of your doing your job?
  • What's a recent management decision you didn't understand?
  • How could we communicate management decisions more effectively?
  • If you could change one thing about our organization's collective behavior, what would it be?
  • What's a potential benefit we could offer that would be helpful to you?
  • What is it like to work on a team in our organization?
  • How do you feel at the start of your workweek?
  • How do you feel at the end of your workweek?
  • What volunteer work do you do?
  • What makes you proud of working as a part of our organization?
  • What's something you've learned in the past week?
  • What brings you joy in your work?
  • What do you do for the fun of it?
  • What gives your life meaning?
  • Questions to Ask in Special Situations
  • Questions for New Employees
  • Why did you decide to join our firm ... really?
  • If you had to describe our organization in one word, what would that word be?
  • What's a great question I could ask someone who's new to our organization?
  • What questions can I answer for you?
  • Questions for Coaching and Mentoring Sessions
  • What are the strengths you bring to the workplace?
  • What skills do you need to learn?
  • What skills do you need to practice?
  • Who in our organization do you need to know?
  • What work would you like to be doing in five years?
  • Questions for Newly Promoted Leaders
  • Why do you think we made you a leader?
  • What did the best leader you ever had do?
  • What do you need to learn to be a great leader?
  • How can we support you as you grow into this leadership position?
  • Questions During a Crisis
  • Are you all right?
  • What do you need to know?
  • What do you need?
  • Questions Leaders Need to Answer
  • What do you see happening in our organization over the next twelve months?
  • What is the future of our industry?
  • What gets you excited about the future?
  • How do you learn about our customers?
  • How do you know what I do in my job?
  • How can I advance in our organization?
  • How do you make decisions?
  • How do you make time to think?
  • What makes you angry in the workplace?
  • How do you measure success?
  • How do you re-ignite your enthusiasm for your job?
  • What do you love about your job?
  • What do you do just for fun?
  • What gives your life meaning?
  • Answers for Special Situations
  • During a Business Crisis
  • What's happening?
  • What's going to happen next?
  • What's going to happen to me?
  • Am I going to have a job next month?
  • What's the long-term impact of this crisis?
  • During a Merger or Acquisition
  • What's going to change? What's going to happen to my job?
  • Who will be my leader?
  • Will our values last?
  • During the Personal Crisis of an Employee
  • What will the organization do to support me? What are my benefits? What will this mean for my career?
  • Delivering Tough Answers
  • Answering when the answer is I don't know
  • Answering when the answer is No
  • Answering when there isn't an answer
  • Answering when you can't answer
  • Answering when no one wants to hear the answer
  • Answering a question that's just too personal
  • Conclusion: Some Final Questions
  • Appendix: Good Questions from Other Leaders.