How often do your conversations feel like an endless tennis match?

You know the type - where the same old issue gets thrashed back and forth across the net... with increasing force and frustration. 

Tempers rise.

Agendas stall.

Opportunities slip away.

So, how do you break out of those rallies that go nowhere? 

Arguing harder isn’t the answer. Asking smarter is. 

Rather than smacking the issue right back across the net, try lobbing a spotlight question - a question that shifts attention to what truly matters. Something more pressing. Something more important. Something tied to the bigger game. 

The power of a good question is in its ability to direct the course of a conversation. Once that question hits their brain, it shifts their attention. It can be just what it takes to break out of that two-dimensional conversation. 

What’s in your kitbag of questions to steer conversations in the right direction? 

See #WorkshopClip number 3 below.