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The Smartest Person In the Room
Sometimes, it is easy to get caught in the assumption that because we are the leaders, every answer should come from us. Making all the calls without consulting our team about alternative solutions to a problem or ignoring the ones suggested might shut them down. If we shut down our collaborators every time they throw an idea, they might lose interest in their jobs and the company, and even worse, it might deprive us of potentially great solutions.
Today, in the first episode of the year, we talk about being open to hearing different points of view and nurturing our team's will to come up with solutions. We look at how damaging it can be assuming we are the smartest person in the room and why it is crucial to encourage our employees to share their opinions on dealing with our company's issues. I share some of my experiences doing this wrong, shutting people down, and not trusting in other people's brilliance. We also go through a list of powerful questions to incentivize our teams to participate, be creative, and share what they would do.
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- The missed opportunity of walking the dog and Madeline's solution (2:03)
- The perfect solution might come from unsuspected places (4:47)
- It is not about being the smartest; it is about being surrounded by the smartest (7:17)
- The price we pay for shutting down people (9:01)
- About the importance of the questions, we ask (12:39)
- What happens when we ask the right questions, and we actually listen to the answers (15:25)
Resources:
- Download my free One-on-One Transformation tool
- Quote: John C. Maxwell - "The smartest person in the room is never as smart as all of the people in the room."
- Quote: Thomas Freese - "The Questions you ask are more important than the things you could ever say"
- This week's challenge - When you speak with your team and are about to "tell" them something, try asking some good questions first.
Let's Connect!
- Website
- Email: [email protected]
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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By Clint Hoopes
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Sometimes, it is easy to get caught in the assumption that because we are the leaders, every answer should come from us. Making all the calls without consulting our team about alternative solutions to a problem or ignoring the ones suggested might shut them down. If we shut down our collaborators every time they throw an idea, they might lose interest in their jobs and the company, and even worse, it might deprive us of potentially great solutions.
Today, in the first episode of the year, we talk about being open to hearing different points of view and nurturing our team's will to come up with solutions. We look at how damaging it can be assuming we are the smartest person in the room and why it is crucial to encourage our employees to share their opinions on dealing with our company's issues. I share some of my experiences doing this wrong, shutting people down, and not trusting in other people's brilliance. We also go through a list of powerful questions to incentivize our teams to participate, be creative, and share what they would do.
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- The missed opportunity of walking the dog and Madeline's solution (2:03)
- The perfect solution might come from unsuspected places (4:47)
- It is not about being the smartest; it is about being surrounded by the smartest (7:17)
- The price we pay for shutting down people (9:01)
- About the importance of the questions, we ask (12:39)
- What happens when we ask the right questions, and we actually listen to the answers (15:25)
Resources:
- Download my free One-on-One Transformation tool
- Quote: John C. Maxwell - "The smartest person in the room is never as smart as all of the people in the room."
- Quote: Thomas Freese - "The Questions you ask are more important than the things you could ever say"
- This week's challenge - When you speak with your team and are about to "tell" them something, try asking some good questions first.
Let's Connect!
- Website
- Email: [email protected]
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.