CHAPTER 8

THE SOLVABLE PROBLEM

Mission Questions

HOW CAN YOU USE the power of questions to build a team, clarify your mission, and define your goals? How do you ask people to join you in partnership to make a difference in the world or in your work? You may be trying to raise money for a cause or organize a neighborhood activity, looking into a mentoring program at the office to work with at-risk students, or launching a social media campaign to mobilize people to combat global warming. Perhaps you need to invigorate your team to compete with the new business in town that has hired a bunch of young hotshots.

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Mission questions ask more of everybody. They help you draw people into a genuine conversation about shared goals and what everyone ...

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