Right Question for Right Answer

With the competitive atmosphere in every sphere of life, what we miss to do is connect with people at the thought level. Human behaviour is a reflection of their thoughts. Hence, getting to know their thoughts is significant in any given situation; which gives an edge to see the purpose of the behaviour. 

To know the thoughts asking the right questions is of prime importance. In situations where you want to see the person's clarity of aspect, you should ask questions like:

- How much time do you wish to invest?

- What output are you expecting?

- Do you have any benchmark to the output?

- Have you analysed challenges to the process?

- What tools & resources you are looking to utilise? Have you made arrangements for it?

If the process is relating to you directly as a manager, you should ask:

- What kind of supervision you expect?

- Do you understand the significance of the contribution to the project

When you want to understand the thought behind an already executed project, you should ask questions like:

- Are you satisfied with the output?

- Do you see any scope of improvement to the results?

- Any support or assistance you required, and was it significant?

- Which areas you found were disappointing? How was the disappointment managed?

Many times as guide or mentors or manager, we fail to listen to the other side from their outlook and make our perceptions. These questions will give you a better perspective on performance. Any person who is with an attitude to deliver will always have results, what matters is rightful intensions.