When you manage and lead other people, it’s helpful to have strategies to focus people’s thinking, get conversations going, and move toward action more quickly. What can get in the way of this is overthinking, over-answering, or people being worried about giving the “perfect” answer.

One way to help make thinking and conversations more productive is to use the question “What’s one thing?” This invites people to think and answer in a focused and intentional way, which brings clarity and a quicker path to action.

In this episode, Leadership Coach Deb Elbaum explains this powerful communication tool that you can use with yourself and those you manage when you want to communicate concisely, think effectively, and identify solutions. If you’re ready to bring more leadership and focus to your thinking and conversations, press the play button now.

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To think more about the challenges that might be getting in your way, listen in to this episode.