{"id":2499,"date":"2015-09-29T14:47:27","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T18:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/?p=2499"},"modified":"2015-09-30T13:04:30","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T17:04:30","slug":"three-minute-leadership-the-questions-we-ask-ourselves-do-they-drive-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/2015\/09\/three-minute-leadership-the-questions-we-ask-ourselves-do-they-drive-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Minute Leadership: The Questions We Ask Ourselves… Do They Drive Action?"},"content":{"rendered":"

To:\u00a0 The Great Leaders Who Have a Passion for Continuous Learning.<\/p>\n

In his recent blog posting, 6 Questions That Will Set You Up to Be Super Successful<\/a><\/em>, Marshall Goldsmith <\/a>writes:\u00a0 \u201cWhen it comes to self-reflection, asking yourself active questions rather than passive questions changes the focus of your answers \u2013 and empowers you to make changes you wouldn\u2019t otherwise consider!\u201d <\/em>Passive questions are those which \u201ccan cause people to think of what is being done to them rather than what they are doing for themselves<\/em>.\u201d His example is: \u201cDo you have clear goals?\u201d<\/em> Passive questions open the door to understanding the \u201cstatic position\u201d \u2013 the current situation and if it exists and why.\u00a0 These are helpful in information gathering for continuous improvement. Active questions, on the other hand, call for a response to \u201cdescribe or defend a course of action<\/em>.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cThere is a huge difference<\/em>\u201d Goldsmith writes, \u201cbetween \u2018Do you have clear goals?\u2019 and \u2018Did you do your best to set clear goals for yourself?\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Goldsmith offers great leaders six active, behavior-altering questions, The Six Questions that Will Set You Up to Be Super Successful!:<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 Did I do my best to increase my happiness?<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Did I do my best to find meaning?<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Did I do my best to be engaged?<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Did I do my best to build positive relationships?<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Did I do my best to set clear goals?<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Did I do my best to make progress toward goal achievement?<\/em><\/p>\n

It is in these small steps of quiet self-reflection that great leaders become extraordinary leaders \u2013 a simple change in questions that changes behavior to be<\/em> and become<\/em> more than they ever dreamed they could be. John Holt<\/a> writes: \u201cAsk questions to find out something about the world itself, not to find out whether or not someone knows it.<\/em>\u201d There is so much beauty and wonder yet to be found\u2026 in ourselves, the world and in those whom we serve.<\/p>\n

Have a beautiful day and a magnificent week!!!<\/p>\n

Mike<\/p>\n

\"MIKE\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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