There’s a book I want you to buy and read because it will help you quickly solve all sorts of people problems, by giving you some great questions to ask. There’s one question in this book that I don’t like, though. The classic version of the question came in this form: “If you held a gun [...]
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As a result of reading this article, you will learn…. How Geeks Tend to Probe Where Said Probing is Most Effective Where Said Probing is Least Effective Ways that Geeks (not sayin’ you are one) Can Expand Their Repertoire of Probing Techniques Ready for it? Okay, let’s begin… 1. How Geeks Tend to Probe While [...]
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Earlier this year I spent some time exploring the Skill-Will Matrix from the employee’s point of view, that is to say, the point of view that this classic model is typically NOT presented from. I also lightly brushed on the diagnostic element — every consultant and their grandmother knows how to use Skill-Will Matrix as a coaching tool (and it’s [...]
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Everyone who I know or meet — well, those who have a job at least – is crazy busy… busier than ever before. (Hey, I don’t really have the time to be even writing this… but alas… I…. must…. keep…. blogging….) This post-Great Recession ”Jobless Recovery” thing is starting to show its seams and employees everywhere are getting tired of it (…not [...]
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