I typically respond by
asking about their sales metrics.
but instead start
asking about life, about how work is going, about motivations, desires, and recent successes.
Tesla shed 5.1 percent, extending losses from Wednesday after Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk cut off analysts
asking about the company's profit potential, despite promises that...
«I was
asking him about his business,» Bergh relates, «and he was telling me his back story, because cancer has affected his family life directly.»
When a customer comes to
you asking about a product, an employee should start asking questions to truly establish her needs — maybe even uncovering needs she didn't know she had in the first place!
The Post also reported that Mueller has been
asking about several Russia - related incidents involving longtime Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, including his role in trying to help the Trump Organization build a tower in Moscow in 2015.
The beauty of bots in 2016 is that, thanks to the ubiquity of smartphone screens, consumers aren't fazed by chatting with a robot when picking out their Christmas shopping or
asking about a product return the way they would have been even a few years ago.
«Sir, I'm not
asking about the principle,» Harris said.
Toni Sacconaghi of Sanford C. Bernstein, who rates the company the equivalent of a hold, bore the brunt of Musk's sharpest words after
asking about capital requirements.
Socially, everybody is
asking about the clock.
If the user is
asking about the differences between a Macbook and a Surface they may just be researching their purchase.
NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam didn't respond to phone and email messages
asking about the group's relationships with business.
«Since we announced this, I've gotten calls from financial services firms, manufacturing, healthcare and tech firms
asking about it,» says Stacy.
What if instead of just
asking about poker and bungee jumping, researchers added questions about risks that women more typically take, Morgenroth wondered.
And so on days like Wednesday when the stock market sells off, people might be
asking about the health of things like the biotech sector.
It started with customers
asking about the labour and environmental conditions in the locations JQI sources from — not only are there regulations to honour, but consumers are increasingly demanding that food brands treat workers fairly and, in the case of produce, not use pesticides excessively.
It's
asking them about their weekend, and genuinely wanting to know how it was.
In a conversation with a CEO recently, he was
asking me about expectations of new people, and how they weren't understanding what to do.
Similar to how learning the likes and dislikes of a potential new hire provides insight into someone's preferences,
asking about the culture at their previous workplace gives us insight into how that company operates and what aspects of that culture attracted them to our opening.
Proving this to them means your books are infallible, and you're using the right kind of software to pull data instantly, regardless of what an investor may be
asking about.
He's
asking about our rural Mississippi programs.»
As anyone who has received a call from their credit card company
asking about an unusual charge knows, card issuers have sophisticated fraud detection programs.
But Sladek, the AonHewitt partner, said more U.S. companies have been
asking her about paid leave and whether their competitors are offering it, so there is interest.
It's important to be specific when
asking about whether or not they're a fiduciary, since many advisers are dually registered as a broker (only subject to the suitability standard) and a fiduciary.
And just like Twitter before it, Snapchat had web giants sniffing around,
asking about a buyout.
Then, start asking whether the employee has the necessary tools to complete his or her job and, finally, begin
asking about an employee's strategic goals.
«We don't like it, and we don't accept it,» Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank told an analyst
asking about the shoe revenue growth number on the earnings conference call.
This latter legislation, known as «Ban the Box,» took effect Jan. 1, 2018, and bans private companies from
asking about the criminal history of a job applicant.
Rather than
asking about specific needs, make sure the group is entertained with anything from interactive demos where members of the group can test or sample products, says Proeber.
Yet, often people waste energy worrying about lapses in communication, instead of just
asking about them.
Cynthia Augustine, who serves as the global chief talent officer for the ad agency Foote, Cone & Belding, explains to CNBC Make It that
asking about a project that didn't particularly go your way gives a broader sense of who the candidate is in addition to what's on paper.
Maybe your awkward interview came in the form of a potential employer
asking you about a skill set that wasn't outlined in the job description, or maybe your nerves simply got the best of you and you blanked on how to respond to a simple question.
I spent time
asking about their pasts and what they wanted out of a future board engagement.
It seems an absurd question to be
asking about a company like Research In Motion, Canada's most successful and influential tech firm.
There's nothing that brings people together quite like a common office enemy, while chatting about another colleague's misfortune could save you from an embarrassing gaffe (like
asking about your assistant's wife, only to have him sob on your shoulder about the pending divorce).
I got an email from someone in the media industry
asking about «What's happening with layoffs at HowAboutWe?»
And, when
asked about the impact of potential trade war escalation, Cook seemed surprisingly sanguine about the state of U.S. - China relations.
For context, I had lunch with the greatest leader in America the other day, Frances Hesselbein, and
asked her about World War 2.
The study, which included 88 leaders and their subordinates, asked leaders to complete surveys at the beginning of each workday for two weeks, which
asked about their sleep the night before and their self - control at that moment.
You may want to
ask about remote onboarding in the interview process.
She does not shy away from it; when
asked about her own views on immigration she says, «You follow the rules.
After the meeting I said to him, «Why did
you ask about that?
The rate of support among Americans has grown tremendously since 1969, when the polling firm first
asked about legalizing marijuana.
Make sure you also
ask about how traffic has been coming to the site, and ask to see server logs.
When
I asked him about his role as CEO and especially what his priorities are right now, and whether they've changed over the years, he said he was focused on four areas.
And to be sure, Apple CFO Luca Maestri later was
asked about the goal and cited faster - growing sales in just one portion of the business: the App Store.
Ask about a large company's supplier diversity or HUB (historically underutilized businesses) program.
Asked about Saudi troops on the ground in Syria, Pompeo said: «We will sit down and talk about... how to best make sure that this is not America alone working on this, it's the Gulf states working alongside us.»
That said, it can't hurt to
ask about how dedicated the company is to remote work, and about the systems they've set up for remote workers.
But you can't know what questions to
ask about your business, if you do not have visibility over the basics.