5 Simple Questions That Move People Forward (5 of 5)

Coaching for Leaders

Dave Stachowiak

Education, Business, Management, Self-improvement, Careers

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🗓️ 7 September 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Lesson 5: What’s one thing you’d suggest?

Getting feedback from others is never easy. In this lesson, discover a question that will make it more likely you’ll get the feedback that will help you move forward.

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0:00.0	Greetings to you, Dave Stoviac here with the final lesson in this course on five simple
0:11.4	questions that move people forward.
0:14.1	In this final lesson, a question that will help others and hopefully you get better.
0:20.2	The next regular episode is coming on Monday, but first the conclusion of this course.
0:25.0	It's also your final opportunity to consider applying for the Coaching for Leaders Academy
0:30.8	since applications close this Friday, September 8th.
0:35.0	You can apply at CoachingForLeaders.com slash Academy.
0:40.8	And if you want free access to this audio course permanently, just set up your free membership
0:45.6	at CoachingForLeaders.com since the course will vanish here off the apps in the coming
0:51.0	days.
0:52.0	Hey, now the final question.
0:55.8	We all know the value of feedback or at least we recognize that it can help even if we
1:00.2	don't always agree with the feedback when it comes.
1:04.0	Often when our members and I start talking about soliciting feedback, they'll say that
1:08.2	they're either not hearing that much feedback right now or that the feedback they're getting
1:12.9	isn't especially helpful.
1:14.4	It turns out that the way we ask for feedback matters a lot.
1:19.7	The most common question that I hear leaders ask is, do you have any feedback for me?
1:25.4	Or sometimes we'll get a little more targeted and say, how am I doing leading meetings this
1:30.3	past month?
1:32.1	Those kinds of questions, well, while I intended to solicit feedback, rarely elicit a lot of
1:37.6	useful data.
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