I spent
time asking about their pasts and what they wanted out of a future board engagement.
And it is very common for me in coaching sessions with CEOs to spend an inordinate amount of
time asking about team members: How is she doing?
Jesus didn't waste
time asking about the life of the thief, his family, etc. — He went right to the heart of the matter.
A new YouGov poll in the Sunday
Times asks about all three of the government ministers under fire and suggests that the public want to see the back of all three.
Atala is so private that in 2006, when a reporter from The New York
Times asked about his childhood, the only response he offered was a chuckle.
The last
time he asked him about doing a diet and easing on the med, he pretty much said it was up to him.
One
time I asked her about some pants I had just got in the mail.
Every time we ask about something that doesn't work the way we need it to, we're basically told to live with it.
For instance, I plan to greet them every morning at the door, spend
time asking them about themselves, holding class meetings to allow students to have a voice.
Q:
Every time I ask you about digital over the years you have said you are thinking about it.
I had bestselling author, JR Rain, at my online book club and my readers had a great
time asking him about his books and characters.
Ahead of
time ask about any potential problems or setbacks during the loan process so that you can correct any foreseen problems ahead of time to avoid deterring obtaining your loan quickly.
When during the course of communications with them you find out birthdays, family details and special occasions make note of them and from time to
time ask about them.
Prioritize your questions — ask the most important ones first — don't waste
time asking about the payment process when you are really worried about whether you have cancer or diabetes.
Not exact matches
So, instead of worrying
about it, concentrate on what you want to communicate, such as
asking good questions, not engaging in
time - wasting small talk, and looking people in the eyes.
Think
about it — those who start forums are
asking potential and current members to spend
time each day doing something they don't normally do, which is going into the forum on a separate site and engage in conversation.
Next
time, make a point to stop the conversation and
ask about the point of confusion.
Take
time out of your day to
ask your employees how they feel
about their assignments, what they think of the new company direction, or if they have any standing concerns.
Think
about the last
time someone
asked you good questions
about your life to get to know you better.
Selena started getting tired of always being
asked about Justin, and told the UK's Sunday
Times that «it's difficult for people to separate us.
While I for one am absolutely thrilled
about a reduction in
time spent doing laundry (as it continues to feel like a treadmill of tedium today, I can only imagine the hours our grandparents wasted on the task), you could be excused for
asking, who really cares?
This was the first
time that First Round
asked directly
about sexual misconduct, after a year that has seen widespread allegations against men including the President, Steve Jurvetson, and Harvey Weinstein.
We turned to the experts and
asked them
about the advice we hear all the
time that we're better off ignoring.
Everyone I
ask about onboarding processes gives me all the usual excuses — «we're just too busy to take the
time,» «we all went through the same process and we survived,» «it's a sink or swim world,» etc..
When
asked by Fortune assistant managing editor Adam Lashinsky whether it was an attempt to make a statement
about management styles or work environments, Mayer explained that the policy was simply what Yahoo (YHOO) needed at the
time.
The more you know
about the candidate ahead of
time, the more you can
ask questions that give the candidate room for self - analysis or introspection.
«A lot of
times people will just talk
about what they're working on or turn to their neighbor and
ask them,» says Bacigalupo, (who, by the way, was recently featured on the cover of Inc.).
He found they spent anywhere from 70 % to 90 % of their
time in meetings, but «when I
asked what they were doing
about making meetings better, almost all of the leaders of large corporations that I talked to just sort of shrugged their shoulders with a resigned air of defeat.»
After Stone starred in Allen's 2015 «Irrational Man,»
about a college professor who enters a relationship with a student, Dylan Farrow
asked Stone by name in the previously mentioned New York
Times piece, «What if it had been you, Emma Stone?»
This is the
time to take all that deep thinking you did in Step 1 and share it with each of your candidates,
asking them if they feel they can address those questions and concerns, and how they would go
about doing so.
The NSABB was so nervous
about these experiments that they
asked Science not to publish the material back in December, The New
Times» Denise Grady reported.
Advice abounds this
time of year, and Katie Morrell recently offered tips on the Open Forum blog, including pre-planning activities and structure for your intern to prevent you running around the office trying to find things for your intern to do once they arrive, as well as regular check - ins to
ask about their experience and swap tasks they hate for to - dos they'll get more out of.
It
asks, it listens and it churns out a new product every six to eight weeks — «enough
time to get it, use it, shoot it, talk
about it and then you have another one,» Weiss says.
For example, a subject might be
asked to recall a
time they splurged on an unnecessary luxury item before being
asked about how much they'd be willing to charge on their credit card during a future expedition to the mall.
Fortt
asked Nadella
about the recent expansion of the company's Artificial Intelligence and Research group from 5,000 to 8,000 people, at a
time when Alphabet, Facebook and other companies have also been investing in AI research.
You can get the same results by
asking behavioral questions that start with verbiage like, «Tell us
about a
time...» or, «Describe a situation where...» The candidate can bring up real - life experiences that will reveal far more than pretend scenarios ever could.
Ask yourself the right questions
about whether now's the
time to partner with a nonprofit.
It's the ideal
time to
ask about a problem a candidate faced, and challenge the solution presented to see how he or she responds, whether with appreciation or defensiveness.
As you think
about where your team is headed next year, spend some
time asking the questions above in relation to each employee.
Editor's Note: In a chat interview, we
asked serial entrepreneur Jen Groover your questions
about time management.
If you are worried
about an employee taking a lot of sick
time, there's a right and wrong way to
ask about it.
But some others are distinct faux pas, says Christie: «Don't
ask anything that's already on the website; don't
ask about vacations, benefits or
time off; and don't
ask for internal details like strategy.»
His small business clients
ask for guidance
about how to get work done while also letting staffers have
time off.
Make a conscious effort to spend
time in
asking your peers
about their work roles, what drives them, where they've had the most success and how they behave in adverse situations.
To drive engagement, the company enlisted Likeable to launch a #purebarrelife campaign, a contest which
asked clients to share personal stories
about integrating Pure Barre into their daily lives through text, photos and videos on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest for a chance to win prizes.The company enlisted the agency's help because Likeable has the expertise to navigate the challenges involved in running a national social - media contest, such as
time demands, possible legal issues, and the unique rules and guidelines of each individual platform.
One question is negatively worded, meaning it
asks the candidate to think
about a
time when they made a mistake and how they dealt with it.
«When I'm meeting people for the first
time, I
ask about something they're excited
about right now, or what they do in their
time off, rather than
asking «What do you do?»»
«I was here visiting just a few days before the visit of President Obama, and I remember at the
time there was much talk
about Cuba strengthening relations with both the European Union and the United States,» Mogherini said, when
asked by reporters
about the Trump administration's partial rollback of a fragile detente between the old Cold War foes.
Save up three or four things to talk to someone
about the next
time you see them and
ask your team to do the same for anyone they talk to or email.
«Hit predictor» is when Poleman's team gets a sample of listeners and has them listen to a new song over and over again, at least 20
times in its entirety, and then
asks them
about it — «could you see this being a hit?»