Want to Be a People Developer? Look for Their Beach Ball

“If a leader is going to develop people, you have to learn about their beach ball.” That was a bit of leadership coaching I received years ago from a trusted mentor, and today, more than ever, I believe this is a critical piece in the arsenal of every leader. The beach ball analogy is fairly…

How Great Questions Can Yield Great Results

Great leaders ask great questions. And these great questions lead to great results. My thinking in this area was recently sharpened by reading an outstanding post in the Harvard Business Review, The Power of the Right Question. In this insightful piece, Scott Anthony suggests that a leader “should spend roughly six times longer generating a…