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5 Common Questions Leaders Should Never Ask

Harvard Business Review

Asking the right questions can help business leaders to anticipate changes, seize opportunities, and move their organizations in new directions. What’s the problem, what’s going wrong, what is broken, what is our biggest threat — that is, unfortunately, the starting point of 80 percent of meetings in management,” Cooperrider says.

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5 Common Questions Leaders Should Never Ask

Harvard Business Review

Asking the right questions can help business leaders to anticipate changes, seize opportunities, and move their organizations in new directions. What’s the problem, what’s going wrong, what is broken, what is our biggest threat — that is, unfortunately, the starting point of 80 percent of meetings in management,” Cooperrider says.