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“You Didn’t Ask” is a Lousy Excuse for Withholding Information

“You Didn’t Ask” is a Lousy Excuse for Withholding Information

by Paul Quinn | May 16, 2022 | Asking - Business, Asking - Workplace

It sounds like a riddle: How do you know to ask for important information when you don’t know there’s important information to ask for? Most of us trust that the information we’ll need to navigate a new situation will be helpfully volunteered if it’s not obvious...
Ask and Expand Your Network: Secrets of The Referral Diva®

Ask and Expand Your Network: Secrets of The Referral Diva®

by Paul Quinn | May 2, 2022 | Asking - Business, Asking - Entrepreneurs, Asking - Professional Development, Asking - Relationships

Virginia Muzquiz, The Referral Diva®, founder and Chief Connection Officer at Master Connectors, Inc., has more than two decades of experience generating business by referral. She has helped thousands of business owners connect with networks that provide them with the...
Ask the CEO: the Power of Asking at Burson-Marsteller UK

Ask the CEO: the Power of Asking at Burson-Marsteller UK

by Paul Quinn | Apr 11, 2022 | Asking - Business, Asking - Empowerment, Asking - Leadership, Asking - Professional Development

Allan Biggar, a former managing director (London) of the global public relations and communications PR firm Burson-Marsteller who became chairman of its global corporate and financial practice, is CEO of Allan Biggar & Company Limited, a business strategy and...
Why Today’s Great Leaders “Ask Don’t Tell”

Why Today’s Great Leaders “Ask Don’t Tell”

by Paul Quinn | Mar 17, 2022 | Asking - Business, Asking - Empowerment, Asking - Leadership, Asking - Professional Development

How does self-esteem determine our willingness to ask for what we want? And what is the impact in the workplace when leaders take an “ask don’t tell” approach? G. Dan Lumpkin recently tackled both of these questions in a conversation with me. Dan is...
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