The Art of Asking: Ask Better Questions, Get Better Answers (Kindle Edition)
By Terry J. Fadem
Review & Description
Ask the Right Questions in the Right Ways...And Get the Answers You Need to Succeed!
Discover the core questions that every manager needs to master...how to avoid the mistakes business questioners make most often...ten simple rules for asking every question more effectively. Learn how to ask tough questions and take control of tough situations...use questions to promote innovation, drive change, identify hidden problems, and get failing projects back on track.
Ask better questions, get better answers, achieve better results!
“Required reading for every leader who wishes to see his or herorganization flourish and career progress.”
Garry A. Neil, MD, Corporate Vice President, Johnson & Johnson
“Asking, listening, understanding the real meaning of the answers, and taking actions based on facts are really the essence of managing. This book has helped me in connecting the dots in my understanding (and lack thereof) of why things really did not work the way I expected them to.”
Pradip Banerjee, PhD, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Xybion; retired partner, Accenture
“The framework and techniques provide outstanding ideas for executives to both gain better information and develop the analytical skills of their teams.”
Terry Hisey, Vice Chairman and US Life Sciences Leader, Deloitte
We’ve all met the corporate inquisitor: the individual whose questions seem primarily intended to terrify the victim. The right goal is to solve the problem--and to build a more effective, collaborative organization where everyone learns from experience, and nobody’s too intimidated to tell the truth.
That means asking the right questions in the right ways. This book will teach you how to do precisely that. Terry J. Fadem shows how to choose the right questions and avoid questions that guarantee obvious, useless answers...how to help people give you the information you need...how to use body language to ask questions more effectively...how to ask the innovative or neglected questions that uncover real issues and solutions.
You’ll learn how to adopt the attributes of a good questioner...set a goal for every question...use your personal style more effectively...ask tough questions, elicit dissent, react to surprises, overcome evasions, and more. Becoming a better questioner may be the most powerful thing you can do right now to improve your managerial effectiveness--and this book gives you all the insights, tools, and techniques you’ll need to get there.
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Evaluate your current “questioning” skills...
...then systematically improve them
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Choose better questions...
...and ask them the right way
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Ask tough questions more effectively
Get at the truth, uncover the real problem, and solve it
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Whitethorn Woods (Kindle Edition)
By Maeve Binchy
Review & Description
Maeve Binchy once again brings us an enchanting book full of the wit, warmth, and wisdom that have made her one of the most beloved and widely read writers at work today.
When a new highway threatens to bypass the town of Rossmore and cut through Whitethorn Woods, everyone has a passionate opinion about whether the town will benefit or suffer. But young Father Flynn is most concerned with the fate of St. Ann’s Well, which is set at the edge of the woods and slated for destruction. People have been coming to St. Ann’s for generations to share their dreams and fears, and speak their prayers. Some believe it to be a place of true spiritual power, demanding protection; others think it’s a mere magnet for superstitions, easily sacrificed. Not knowing which faction to favor, Father Flynn listens to all those caught up in the conflict, and these are the voices we hear in the stories of Whitethorn Woods—men and women deciding between the traditions of the past and the promises of the future, ordinary people brought vividly to life by Binchy’s generosity and empathy, and in the vivacity and surprise of her storytelling.
Maeve Binchy is at the very top of her form in this irresistible tale. Read more
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