Archive for April, 2008
Twelve Characteristics of Learnings Mindset
27 April 2008Notes from Change Your Questions, Change Your Life by Marilee G. Adams
01. Accepting (of self and others)
02. Responsive and thoughtful
03. Values not knowing
04. Responsibility
05. Flexible and adaptive
06. Both/and thinking
07. Inquisitive
08. Considers perspectives of others.
09. Questions assumptions
10. More questions and curiosity
11. Possibilities seen as unlimited
12. Primary mood: curiosity
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Four Primary Reasons We Have Trouble With Questions
26 April 2008Notes from Leading With Questions by Michael Marquardt
01. We avoid questions out of a natural desire to protect ourselves.
02. We are too often in a rush.
03. We often lack of skills in asking or answering questions due to lack of experiences and opportunities, of training, and of role models.
04. We find ourselves in corporate cultures [...]
Six Ways for Motivating Your Employees Without Giving Away the Store
25 April 2008Notes from Small Business Survival Guide by Cliff Ennico
01. You’re not the boss.
02. But you’re not their friend, either.
03. Make the company the “third person in the room.”
04. Make incentives on a group basis, not on an individual basis.
05. Be humane.
06. Make your employees “see the logic.”
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