Category Archives: Powerful Questions for Leaders

We’re still meeting for Powerful Questions for Leaders on the 2nd Tuesday of every month. Our next session will be September 9th at 12 noon eastern. In the past we’ve pondered questions such as: – How can we increase trust in our organizations?– How can we ensure fairness in the workplace?– What can (and should)Continue reading “Powerful Questions for Leaders”

What happens when senior leaders ask middle managers to control their staff, but at the same time tell the entire organization “We’re going Agile”? It’s a classic situation. Senior leaders, who don’t really understand what they’re asking for, tell the entire organization we’re diving head first into Agile. They invest millions in time and resourcesContinue reading “Powerful Questions for Leaders, no. 44”

How do you handle conflict at work? Conflict. Just the word makes our insides tie themselves in knots. We have such a disdain for it, that we avoid it at every turn. But what happens to our relationships when we avoid conflict? And our work outcomes? It turns out that when we don’t share ourContinue reading “Powerful Questions for Leaders, no. 43”

How can we increase trust in our organizations? Companies are scrambling to find ways to retain talent. First it was “the great resignation”, then it was “quiet quitting”. Whatever you call it, we are at a crossroads in the working world – either we figure out how to keep our employees engaged and on theContinue reading “Powerful Questions for Leaders, no. 41”

What does “Fair” mean to you? In your organization, do you strive to treat everyone the same? Or do you strive to understand the nuanced differences between each individual and provide the supports, benefits, and environment they each need for success? The idea that treating employees the same results in fairness stems from the industrialContinue reading “Powerful Questions for Leaders, no. 40”

What problem(s) are you solving with your product roadmap? Roadmaps are traditionally linear, date-bound artifacts rife with assumptions. Assumptions about everything from who will have the skills and capacity to build a certain item at a certain point in time, to where the market is heading and what our customers want. What if, instead ofContinue reading “Powerful Questions for Leaders, no. 39”

What do you do an on ongoing basis to hone your craft as a leader? How does your organization support your growth on this, one of the most important, but typically least structured development paths? Just like technical skills, leadership skills can be taught (and learned). The “born leader” is a misnomer. While some peopleContinue reading “Powerful Questions for Leaders, no. 38”

How does your working style inhibit or enhance the company’s development into a modern, nimble, or otherwise agile organization? Companies are pouring money into “digital” transformations, focusing effort and precious company resources at the team, or worker, level. But time after time, the results are not as promised by the big consulting firms. What’s goingContinue reading “Powerful Questions for Leaders, no. 36”