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🎄🗓 – Dec 13: Why do we need a place for questions?

Don’t ask me why, but I recently watched an episode of the American TV show Desperate Housewives. It turned out to be the perfect episode for someone who loves questions ❤️ In this scene [https://youtu.be/xyVEEHidhGE], Lynette humiliates her friend Bree by interrupting the reverend, because she'

🎄🗓 – Dec 8: How do questions empower responsibility?

Nerd alert! Today’s door is not created by Pia-the-leadership-advisor or Pia-the-tech-founder. It’s created by Pia-the-question-nerd 🤓 Last week a team lead in a multinational company asked me how he can use questions to encourage internal and external stakeholders to take responsibility. I immediately thought of my observational studies of

🎄🗓 – Dec 5: Hvorfor beder Meny dig om at spørge efter ugens tilbud?

Kunne de ikke bare skrive ugens tilbud på ruden? Jo, det kunne de godt. Men så ville de være nødt til at skifte skiltet ud hver uge, og – hvad der er endnu værre – de ville gå glip af en masse samtaler med dig og deres andre kunder. Og hvis der

🎄🗓 – Dec 3: Hvad er det klogeste, der er sagt om ledelse?

Den tredje låge i den nysgerrige julekalender [https://blog.pialauritzen.dk/what-does-a-christmas-calendar-that-reflects-2020-look-like/] er min sidste Finans-klumme i 2020 [https://finans.dk/debat/ECE12596920/kun-en-ting-er-sikkert-i-usikkerhedens-aarti/] . Du kan bidrage til dagens låge ved IKKE at læse klummen, før du har skrevet en kommentar på LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/pia-lauritzen/detail/

Toplederens mareridt

Næste uges Finans [https://finans.dk/?tags=tag:personer.jp.dk,2014:Pia_Lauritzen]-klumme handler om det spørgsmål, der til enhver tid kan holde enhver topleder vågen. Ved du, hvad det er? Jeg kan afsløre, at jo større virksomheden er, jo større og mere berettiget er toplederens frygt.

The secret to shared responsibility

What is the hardest thing for leaders to let go of: The DEFINITION power, or The DECISION power? For 12 years I have told leaders: * Not to be the only ones who ask questions, and * Not to be the only ones who provide answers I’ve come to realize that

No questions = No change

“YES! I just launched our new strategy, and nobody had any questions - so now we are ready to execute!” NO! If your employees don’t ask questions it’s not because they understand, agree and are eager to execute your strategy. It’s because they do not care about,

The magic of questions

Countries struggle with polarization, and companies struggle with silos. Fragmentation is everywhere. But why? My philosophical research shows that it's because of the methods politicians and corporate leaders use to understand what's important to their citizens and employees. I'm talking about methods that systematically

Polls must die

We still don’t know who the winner of the US election will be. But it’s obvious that democracy is the loser. No one trusts anyone – and why would they? Everything we thought we knew about Biden’s significant lead has turned out to be wrong. Polls lead to

Questions as a change tool

How does your company deal with the questions COVID-19 is raising? You probably agree that there is not one answer to all the questions companies are struggling with right now. But do you also agree that the answers lie in the questions? If you do I would love to discuss