33. Strategic THINKING Questions
• What needs to be true for this to work?
• What important topic are we NOT talking about
right now?
• What’s different THIS time?
• What’s the WISE thing to do?
• Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?
• What’s the 1 thing…?
34. Strategic THINKING Questions
Strategic
THINKING
Questions
• And what else?
• What’s the evidence of that?
• What would you do?
• What’s the real problem for you?
• In what areas are we “UNDER” or “OVER” served?
• How would you destroy this team in 3 easy moves?
35. Post Meeting: Questions to Ask
Strategic
THINKING
Questions
• How effective was this meeting?
• How strategic were our discussions?
• Did we get thoughtful input from everyone?
• How prepared were you for this meeting today?
• Did we have good resources to make this a healthy and
effective meeting? If so…? If not….?
• What was the best thing that happened today?
• What could have been/gone better today.
• What would you have missed had I not been here?
38. 1. Does this problem or
tension keep RESURFACING?
39. 2. Are there MATURE ADVOCATES
on both sides of the issue?
40. 3. Are the two sides of the
tension INTERDEPENDENT?
41. The truth is that the best
leaders don’t resolve ALL the
tension. They learn how to USE
TENSION For the sake of
progress. Every organization,
therefore, has problems that
shouldn’t be solved.
44. Whose job is it to make sure that
certain things DON’T
HAPPEN?
Whose job is it to prevent GOOD PEOPLE from leaving?
Whose job is it to make sure the CULTURE doesn’t slowly creep away?
Whose job is it to make sure POLICIES don’t have unintended
consequences?
Whose job is it to ask the tough QUESTIONS?
47. Your Choice…
Choose CLARTY over MORE
SURRENDER vs. PROTECT rights
Do the RIGHT thing
Stop hiding behind POLICIES
Rules without RELATIONSHIP leads to
REBELLION
Show up STRONG
48. HR Strategy for the Future
Adding VALUE no
matter your role in
the organization
Richard Fagerlin
Pea k S ol ut ions