Learning good questioning techniques helps employees at your small business get the information they need without spending time asking multiple questions or the wrong questions. These techniques may ...

One of the oldest and most commonly used ways for businesses to evaluate employee knowledge, growth and overall competence is oral questioning. Unlike written exams, oral questioning encourages oral ...

Tech executives constantly seek ways to enhance decision-making and drive innovation, but they often overlook the art of strategic questioning. As a seasoned IT professional, I have found that asking ...

An effective questioning strategy is vital to be an effective salesperson. Questions allow control of any conversation as the other person will be answering. Questions gather necessary information as ...

Use this technique to get information from people and create a comfortable environment that persuades them to want to open up to you. Have you ever been in a conversation, and even though you intended ...

Eventually, almost every interview turns into a question-and-answer session. You ask a question. The candidate answers as you check a mental tick-box (good answer? bad answer?). You quickly go to the ...

In recent sales calls, it's likely that your customers made decisions using both their heads and hearts. The numbers need to make sense, but a good feeling about the partnership is also necessary.

Corrected: A previous version of this story included a misspelling of Jeffrey Greene’s name. There are no stupid questions. But when it comes to the common core, teachers are finding that their ...

To give someone a boost, ask them about a specific aspect of their life where they are doing well, and follow it up with a generic question about their overall happiness. It sounds simplistic, but it ...