Precision Questioning and Answering (PQ&A)
Precision Questioning and Answering (PQ&A) are tools for doing two things: improving the efficiency of a business conversation and raising the level of critical thinking. PQ & A provides a discussion format that sharpens questions, tightens answers and makes it easy to ask follow-up questions.
Audience
The benefits of this course work for everyone, at every level, including:
Executives, if they . . .
- Are frustrated by the lack of concise answers in boardroom reviews.
- Want to set high standards for critical thinking.
- Are trying to achieve high levels of execution.
Managers, if they want to . . .
- Ensure that their own thinking and that of their reports is at the highest level.
- Reduce time spent redoing the work of their reports.
- Improve the performance of cross-functional teams.
Employees who want to . . .
- Attack complex problems more successfully.
- Test their thinking rigorously before sharing it with a manager.
- Build analytic skills that are necessary for promotion to the next level.
Course Objectives
Upon completion, participants will be able to:
- Attack complex problems from new angles.
- Ask questions that get straight to the heart of things.
- Test thinking rigorously before implementing.
- Surface risky assumptions in milestones.
- Communicate in ways that improve the efficiency of a discussion.
Instructors
JANET BAILEY is a highly rated speaker, coach and award-winning writer on productivity and communication. She has developed creative methods to help leaders focus on the right priorities and has trained hundreds of engineers, sales professionals and managers to communicate clearly and to handle tough, demanding workloads. Her presentations throughout the U.S. and U.K. offer practical, powerful techniques that participants use right away to save time and stay on message.
Her columns and articles on time management, life balance, psychology and career development have appeared in leading publications including Chief Executive, Bottom Line Personal, Robb Report, Health and Reader's Digest. Her entertaining history of San Francisco, The Great San Francisco Trivia & Fact Book, was an Amazon bestseller. As a corporate communications consultant, she has helped clients from a wide variety of industries reach their audiences effectively.
Janet has a degree in journalism and psychology from Stanford University, was an adjunct faculty member at New York University, and has served in leadership roles for the National Speakers Association and the American Society of Journalists and Authors
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