Ask The Easy Questions First

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They can be applied in a number of scenarios:
Casual employee conversations
Formal one to ones
Performance reviews
Meetings
Interviews
Rule #1
People Won’t Tell You the Whole Truth Until They Feel Connected to You
Because you are the boss, people naturally have their wall up. Connecting is designed to pull the wall down.

You connect by listening, allowing others to tell cyprus telegram data their story, giving people your complete attention, and being genuinely interested in what they have to say.

Rule #2
To get people to reveal their problems, roadblocks, concerns, and feelings, you need them to talk. The more they talk, the more problems they will reveal.

To make it easy for people to talk, begin conversations with questions that are easy to answer and that they will enjoy answering.

Once they feel comfortable talking, the door will open to ask deeper or more direct questions designed to trigger self-awareness.

Rule #3
People Communicate with Stories
In conversations, people don’t spit out facts. Instead, they tell stories. When you listen attentively and patiently, you foster encourage the speaker to expand on and tell more stories.

The cues and clues that lead to emotions, roadblocks, and opportunities to coach, train, and develop are buried inside these stories.