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5 Questions about Awareness for your Growth

What are some of the unintended consequences in making this decision? (This question is a response question when statement is made; “I have decided this is the best way forward for our company or Team?). Every decision can have unintended consequences due to a lack of awareness.

Follow Up Question: Anything Else? A client will not always give you the whole picture, but will give you bits and pieces. By repeating this question you obtain the BIG PICTURE.

What am I missing? This can be a great question when resolving conflict or mediation.

WHY? This is a universal question to gain awareness.

Do you feel over-worked? Follow up question; Do you feel that your talents are being under-utilized?

The quality of your question determines the quality of the response – Learn to ask great questions!

Leaders are readers – highlight questions that you come across in the context of the material that you are reading.

Never presume that you have a complete knowledge of a circumstance.

Networking and Team Development Questions

Everyday how can I make my team better? How can you make your team better everyday? What is one or two things that you could do daily?

Is this the best you and your team can achieve? Managers – Team Leaders – Pastors – Denominational Leaders – etc. This is a stretching or visionary question. The power of this question is to challenge growth.

On a scale of 1-10 how would you rate your team for engagement? How are they really engaged in the vision and mission of the company? The follow up question would be what would it take to move this team to the next level (I.e. from a 6 to a 7). Bonus follow-up question, “Anything Else?”

What are the most important values of a leader? ( Equipping another leader). What does it mean to you personally? This brings a different response between what I must do versus what I think others should do. Would you like to be a better connecter with other people?

How do you make the most of this opportunity? Every opportunity can lead to another opportunity!

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