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Are You an Intrapreneur?

  1. Does your desire to make things work better occupy as much of your time as fulfilling your duty to maintain them the way they are?
  2. Do you get excited about what you are doing at work?
  3. Do you think about new business ideas while driving to work or taking a shower?
  4. Can you visualize concrete steps for action when you consider ways to make a new

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Author: Carol Orsag Madigan | Source: Agents of Innovation | Subjects: Entrepreneurship Questions, Personal and Career Development

28 Questions to Ask Your Boss in Your One-on-Ones

Ask for Guidance and Input

Use these questions to get help from your manager on any tasks or projects you are having difficulty with, or to express your need for additional resources, input, or support.

  1. I am having some challenges and struggles with X. Can you help me think about how to navigate and address X successfully?
  2. Could you suggest any ideas and thoughts around how

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Authors: Cydnei Meredith, Liana Kreamer, Steven G. Rogelberg | Source: 28 Questions to Ask Your Boss in Your One-on-Ones | Subject: Personal and Career Development

7 Questions to Ask Your New Boss

  1. Who should I meet with outside of our team? Your ability to figure out how to influence others will improve if you can get to a quick understanding of the unspoken or informal networks that govern the social dynamics of your new team or organization. Your boss is ideally placed to provide you with this intel.
  2. How do you prefer to communicate? It is

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Author: Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic | Source: 7 Questions to Ask Your New Boss | Subject: Personal and Career Development

3 Questions to Ask About Your Boss

  1. Is my manager a listener or a reader? Listeners want to hear information first and read about it later. Readers prefer to see a written report before discussing it with you.
  2. Does she prefer detailed facts and figures or just an overview? If she thrives on details, focus primarily on accuracy and completeness; if she prefers an overview, emphasize the clarity and crispness of

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Source: Figure Out Your Manager’s Communication Style | Subject: Personal and Career Development