Category: Trigger Questions
Do You Entertain Wacky Ideas or Do Wacky Ideas Entertain You?
Trigger Question #82: What do you do when a team member or a colleague proposes a wacky idea?...
Do You Remember To Be in Two Minds About Bad Behavior?
Trigger Question #80: Many of us think there is a lot of bad behavior going on. Strangely, many of us think the behavior...
Will Your Plan Survive a Punch in the Face?
Trigger Question #79: It was hot. And humid. Hot we knew; humid was new. Also new was driving on the wrong side of the...
Do You Focus on What Is Wrong or on What Works?
Trigger Question #75: Did you know you have a preferred focus? You either prefer to focus on what is right or on what...
Are You Enlightened by Who Makes You Heavy?
Trigger Question #72: I have two heavy questions for you. Who annoyed you? Who let you down?...
Do You Offer Multiple Motives for Decisions?
Trigger Question #70: We often defend our decisions and our actions by giving many reasons and explanations. And even excuses....
Do You Start From Zero?
Trigger Question #69: Budgeting is easy. At least the commonly accepted process is. The one that relies heavily on the word estimate. The...
Do You Hear or Do You Listen?
Trigger Question #68: Sometimes I am aware of the drone of jet engines as a plane flies overhead. Other times, I focus in...
Are You Being Overconfident Again?
Trigger Question #67: You are overconfident. I say that with confidence, because I am confident that you are overconfident. So confident am I that...
Do You Habitually Look Back or Look Forward?
Trigger Question #66: December is the month when some of us reflect by looking back. And January is the month we look ahead....
Do You Charge Ahead Because You Get a Charge From Being Charged With Being in Charge?
Trigger Question #63: There’s a funny thing that happens when we become the boss. Overnight we go from asking to telling; from being...
Do You Wait for Feedback or Do You Demand Feedback?
Trigger Question #62: Whenever I read about voting taking place somewhere on our planet, I think about the people who want feedback, those...
