The Right Questions Podcast

Which Leadership Skills Do You Need to Develop Most?

Being a leader means being a learner, no matter where we are on our leadership journey. Whether we are a CEO leading a multi-national business, an entrepreneur managing a startup, or a freelancer just leading ourselves, we all have areas for development. That is why leaders need a growth mindset.

To work out which skills you need to develop the most you can use the framework, devised by Robert Katz, that groups competencies into technical, human and conceptual skills.

There is a more in-depth article on the website that you can find here:
https://therightquestions.co/which-leadership-skills-do-you-need-to-develop-most/

The World Cafe workshop is a methodology for facilitating good conversations. It encourages the sharing of ideas in a relaxed and creative atmosphere. 

When run properly, with the right balance of informality and structure, the World Cafe is a very effective way of facilitating a workshop. It can produce a rich and innovative output for whatever topic you want to explore. 

This video is an introduction to the method and etiquette to facilitate a World Cafe event. If you would like more information just go to the website:

https://therightquestions.co/the-world-cafe-workshop-facilitation-method/

The GROW model is a popular problem-solving tool used in coaching. It is a simple and effective way to help people set and achieve goals.

The word ‘GROW’ is an acronym for a four-stage coaching tool, but exactly what the acronym stands for does differ slightly from practitioner to practitioner. Commonly it that stands for:

Goal – The clearly defined endpoint
Reality – The present situation with is challenges and opportunities
Options (or Obstacles) – Having identified challenges and opportunities, various options can be explored to help achieve the goal and overcome obstacles
Will (or Way Forward/Wrap Up) – The Will or Way Forward step is the breaking down of the goal into achievable steps.

This short podcast explains how to use the model but if you want more information then check out this article on the website:

https://therightquestions.co/how-to-use-the-grow-model/

Setting SMART goals helps us ensure that goals are actually achieved. It helps take the goal from an idea to a plan that we have committed to.

Equally the SMARTER approach provides a useful checklist and process by which both a manager and employee can agree upon the parameters for a task and be accountable for its outcome. Setting SMARTER tasks helps to build in the reviewing and learning from goals that if often forgotten or neglected.

This video tells use how to set SMART goals and SMARTER tasks. If you want to find out more then just visit the website at:

https://therightquestions.co/setting-goals-smart-way/

The Wheel of Life is a useful coaching tool that is used to examine how balanced we are across different spheres or roles in life. It is a great way to get an overall feel for how content we are and identify key areas for growth. It is particularly helpful for people concerned about achieving a work-life balance.

This podcast is a short introduction to the wheel of life and how to create one of your own. If you would like further details or a free template to use then please do visit the website:

https://therightquestions.co/what-is-the-wheel-of-life-in-coaching/

Setting goals helps us to achieve things but if we want to complete our goals we are also going to need a plan. Here are the simple steps to making an action plan and the questions you need to answer in the planning process.

You can find more details about how to make an action plan, along with free templates, on the website at:

https://therightquestions.co/how-to-make-an-action-plan-to-achieve-your-goal/

Creating a plan to achieve success is all about breaking down our overall vision into smaller, measurable goals. From there we can deconstruct the goals to the point where we have a simple activity - a next step - that is achievable and easily actionable. 

This podcast gives an introduction into how you can do exactly that, to break your overall aim into an actionable plan. If you want to find out more then please visit the website for further information and free downloadable action-plan templates:

https://therightquestions.co/how-do-you-set-goals-tasks-and-milestones-for-a-plan/

Your personal values are important as they are the things that guide you in life, particularly when you make choices. Therefore, the better you understand your principles, the more effective you should be in decision-making and in leading yourself and others.

Here is an introduction to working out what your personal values are and how you prioritise them. For further information check out this post on the website:

https://therightquestions.co/what-are-your-personal-values/

We all have to make hundreds, if not thousands, of choices everyday, but have you ever stopped to think about how you make decisions?

Each time we make a decision we go through a decision-making process, whether consciously or unconsciously. There are various models that help to break down this process so that we can understand our thinking and make better judgements.

This podcast is a short introduction to decision-making processes. If you would like more information then please go to the website at:
https://therightquestions.co/what-is-decision-making-and-do-we-need-to-use-a-decision-making-process/

This episode is the second half of the introduction to The Right Questions decision-making framework and how to use it.

The Right Questions is a decision-making model that uses interrogative words (what, where, why, when, who, how and which) as prompts in a process for making better choices and plans.

The approach is a simple one as it is based on words we use every day in our language. Once you understand the associations and application of the words then you will be equipped to make better decisions and construct your plans - from the simple to the complex.

To find out more go to https://therightquestions.co/what-are-the-right-questions-for-decision-making-strategic-planning/