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How to ask better questions


“I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.” This Socratic sentiment speaks to the power of asking questions as a means of unlocking new insights and generating fresh ideas. As a leader, you have the opportunity to harness this power by adopting an enquiry-based approach to leadership. While advocacy can be an effective leadership style in some situations, adopting an enquiry-based approach can help you to build trust, engage your team, and uncover new perspectives that may have been overlooked.… Read more

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How to enable your team to think more Critically

What happens when a business proposal is tabled at a meeting, or when a new strategy or action plan is discussed, or when you have a competitive or industry review or when you are training your team?  As a new General Manager, are you happy with the depth of discussion that is created or do you feel that the information is treated quite superficially if its taken in at all.  … Read more

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10 starter tips for Managing from the Middle

At the end of the first day I became a “middle manager” i cried myself to sleep. The job certainly wasn’t what i had thought
it would be; i felt like a rather compressed sponge, absorbing pressure from above and demands from below. I had no idea what the
job of a manager was. I didn’t even know how to get things done, or even what things to do, first!… Read more