E9: Questions are the Answer

10/18/22 • 29 min

Effective questioning is a critical communication skill which should be paired with our listening skills. Effective questions allow us to go deeper and discover insights, enabling us to better understand the other person’s point of view, as well as what is important to them. These skills also set the stage for us to be a better resource, mentor, and leader, allowing us to make a difference, influence, and have greater impact on others. In this episode we will share how we can ratchet up our questioning skills. Are you ready to do that?

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E8: Listen to Understand

The Good Lord gave us two ears and one mouth...but you would never know it with some people. Listening to understand goes way beyond listening attentively or listening to respond. When we listen to understand we not only listen with our ears, but with our eyes and our brain. Listening is work because we must not only manage a great deal of external distractions, but we also need to mange the even more common internal distractions that happen between our two ears. Listening to understand will make us remarkably more impactful in whatever we do.

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E10: Building Strong Relationships

We need other people for many reasons. Strong relationships improve our quality of life, give us a greater sense of purpose, help us to benefit from and pass on wise counsel, and give us more opportunities to laugh deeply. Strong relationships take work and don’t form and grow by happenstance. They aren't accidental. Join us for Episode 10, where we discuss the ingredients to strong relationships, and also the ingredients that we want to avoid at all costs. Get started on some initiatives that will make our most important relationships at work and on the home front better.