Is Your Team Missing This?

As a coach, we are trained on how to ask powerful questions. We are supposed to ask questions that encourage clarification and powerful thinking. After working with a variety of leaders, we have realized that this is a tool that they need to use as well. 

The next time you are with your team, instead of asking questions like "how do you feel about that?" or "how do you plan to get that done?", ask this question: “what is it you need?”

You’ll be shocked at the floodgates that might open. According to smallbusiness.com, one third of employees say their leaders don't know what they need. 

Here is the thing: if we don't give them what they need, our organization will not move forward in the way that we need it to. 

We hired them because we trust them to do their job well, because they are the experts. So, make sure that you are asking your team what it is they need and your company is going to move forward in the direction you want it to go.

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