If I had to pick one business skill above all others, I’d picked listening. Not hearing. Listening. Hearing is passive, listening is active. Actually, listening isn’t just a business skill, it’s more of a life skill. And it’s a critical skill because whatever problem you’re facing, the clues to its solution are all around you
“Accountability breeds response-ability.”
In our last posting, we talked about execution . . . about the need for meticulous planning, thorough and detailed communication of our plans, and after-the-fact review to determine what went right and what didn’t in an effort to continuously improve our execution skills and abilities. We probably should have preceded that discussion with one
