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These 6 videos can help you close the gap:

1. Ask questions to DRAW others out
2. How can you improve your coaching?
3. How can you manage yourself more effectivey at work?
4. Reduce your frustrations
5. Get organized
6. Move organizational improvement forward

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How often do you follow the 80/20 Rule?
Want to empower people? Want to develop leaders? Want to help others become better problem solvers and solve their problems? If so, try this one thing. It’s free. You can do it anywhere. And those you talk with like it.
 
What is it? It’s the 80/20 Rule. The 80/20 Rule says that in each conversation, you should listen 80% of the time and talk 20% of the time.
 
Question: How often do you talk 20% of the time?

• Consistently?
• Usually?
• Sometimes?
• Rarely?

Make sure you consistently follow the 80/20 Rule. To do this, you’re going to have to keep the other person talking. What I do to keep others talking (so I can listen) is make inviting statements (Tell me more about that.) and ask open-ended questions like “What’s a key challenge you’re facing?”
 
Question: What action steps will you take to ensure that you consistently talk a maximum of 20% of the time?
 
*To learn more about listening, click here.

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How are proposals related to your mission?
Tomorrow, you’re presenting a proposal to the Leadership Team. The proposal is about how to orient new staff better. You feel good about the proposal.
 
But something is bothering you.
 
Then you realize what is bothering you. When developing your proposal, you didn’t think about your organization’s mission. You didn’t ask yourself, “In terms of the mission, what do new staff need to understand, be able to do, and value?”
 
As you consider this question, other questions come to mind:

• How can we help new staff understand the mission?
• How can we help new staff understand where we are in terms of achieving our mission?
• How can we help staff understand how they contribute to the mission?
• How can I help the Leadership Team see how this proposal supports the mission?

Good news! The presentation isn’t until tomorrow. So, you have time to revise it. You have time to make clear how the proposal supports the mission.
 
Consider 4 questions:

1. What proposal are you working on?
2. What do you hope to accomplish through your proposal?
3. How does your proposal support the mission?
4. How will you help others understand how your proposal supports the mission?

Connect your proposals to your mission. Today.

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Can God help?
You’re working on a vital project. You need help. Which 3 of the following would you most likely do?

• Reflect on what you know.
• Talk with colleagues.
• Read books and magazines.
• Get coaching.
• Check the Internet.
• Get help from a consultant.
• Look at relevant files on your computer.

Have you identified the 3 things you’d most likely do? Good.
 
Question: What key option is missing in the above list?
 
Need some hints? It doesn’t cost money. It’s available 24/7. You can use it anywhere. It gets results.
 
Answer: Asking God for help. God knows everything and wants to help you. So, ask Him for help. Today.

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What 3 ways will you involve parents?
You want your students to better apply a Biblical perspective. You think parents can help.
 
Question: What 3 ways will you involve parents?
 
Here are sample ways to involve parents:

• Invite parents to pray for their child.
• Invite parents to come to class to share how they apply a Biblical perspective.
• Encourage parents to ask their child questions like “What’s the Bible say about that?”

Question: What other ways can you involve parents?
 
Target Biblical perspective. Involve parents. Today.

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How can peer coaching help your students include Biblical perspective in their thesis statements?
Your sophomores are writing essays. You want them to use effective thesis statements. You want them to effectively include Biblical perspective in their thesis statements.
 
Question: How can you help your students effectively include Biblical perspective in their thesis statements?
 
Answer: By having them reflect.
 
Question: How can you do this?
 
Answer: By having your students coach each other by asking the following 5 questions:

1. What’s your thesis statement?
2. Where did you include Biblical perspective in your thesis statement?
3. What do you like/dislike about the Biblical perspective component of your thesis statement?
4. On a scale of 1-5 (5 being high), how effective is the Biblical perspective component of your thesis statement?
5. What question do you want to ask ____ (teacher’s name) about this?

Help your students effectively include Biblical perspective in their thesis statements. Use peer coaching. Today.