by Paul Quinn | Oct 10, 2024 | Asking - Business, Asking - Professional Development, Asking - Workplace, Communication Skills
In an episode of the classic sitcom I Love Lucy, Lucy wants her husband, Ricky, to ask his boss. Mr. Littlefield, for a raise. Ricky dreads the idea. Lucy invites him to rehearse his “ask” with her, as if she were his boss. In the role play, the reluctant...
by Paul Quinn | Jan 24, 2023 | Asking - Business, Asking - Leadership, Asking - Professional Development, Asking - Workplace, Presentation Skills
One afternoon many years ago, after hours of coaching McDonald’s corporate presenters for a company-wide conference, I stepped out to grab some lunch. It had been a full morning of back-to-back rehearsals at the company’s Chicago-area headquarters. And it...
by Paul Quinn | May 17, 2022 | Asking - Business, Asking - Cultural Attitudes, Asking - Professional Development, Asking - Social Impact, Asking - Workplace
A few years ago, after I gave a talk at Northeastern Illinois University on the subject of asking as a life skill, a student of Asian descent raised his hand and asked if I had any stories in my book from Asian people (at the time I didn’t). When I said no, he...
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...
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...
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...
