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5 Common Questions Leaders Should Never Ask

Harvard Business Review

Questions can be great for engaging and motivating people , but they can just as easily be used to confront or blame, and can shift the mood from positive to negative. “We This fails to recognize that some ideas may have come up short in the past because of bad timing or poor execution, not because the idea itself was wrong.

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5 Common Questions Leaders Should Never Ask

Harvard Business Review

Questions can be great for engaging and motivating people , but they can just as easily be used to confront or blame, and can shift the mood from positive to negative. “We This fails to recognize that some ideas may have come up short in the past because of bad timing or poor execution, not because the idea itself was wrong.