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02 Sep, 2009 Print PDF

Powerful Questions

Over at How to Save the World, Dave Pollard has an interesting post on the power of asking open questions . . . and then leaving room for people to truly share and connect. As we help Rizers to network more purposefully, I’d recommend the questions developed for this blog post. Asking several of these in the context of almost any conversation will reveal surprising answers and help you build deeper connections.

  1. What stood out for you? (at a recent event)
  2. What do you most care about?
  3. What's the change been like for you?
  4. What do you see your role being?
  5. How are you feeling about that now?
  6. What's holding you back? (not to find fault)
  7. What would you want to see come out of this?
  8. How can I/we help you achieve your objective?
  9. How do you know that's true? (not asked in a challenging tone)
  10. What comes next? (the next part of this is 'Where do you think we should go from here?')
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