KNOWING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS TO ASK
Early on in your career, you will probably feel the need to know the answers most of the time. Your boss asks you something about whatever you're working on, and you are expected to give him the information. In fact, as the junior member of the team, you can expect to spend 99 percent of your time coming up with the answers to whatever the boss asks. While you are in the cube, it's not your job to ask what the strategy is going to be in 2020. You are working in the trenches. Later on, if you are really good, you will begin to ask a few questions now and then. But when you start out, your focus is usually on getting the right answers.
As you become a leader, you will shift from knowing the right answers to asking ...
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