How to Develop Leaders: Stop Giving Answers, Ask More Questions

How to Develop Leaders: Stop Giving Answers, Ask More Questions

As executives, we’ve been trained to have all the answers. As leaders, however, often the best thing we can do is ask questions instead. This year, a poem changed my leadership. Let me share the poem with you—and don’t worry, it’s a haiku, so this will be brief: Talk...
Five Ways to Develop Forward-Thinking Skills

Five Ways to Develop Forward-Thinking Skills

Being forward-looking isn’t just important for your business results. It’s important for your people as well. “Three years?” the leader on the other end of the phone line asked me as we spoke about developing her strategic plan. “We can barely manage thinking three...