Questions
- What is God teaching you?
- Where are you uncomfortable, in a good way?
- How are you using your gifts and talents to help others?
- What are the firm principles you’re building your life upon?
- What are you afraid of now?
- What would a perfect day look like?
- What does healthy, constructive conflict look like?
- What limits you as a leader?
- Are you doing enough self-care to be effective? (Rest has ROI)
- Looking back, how do you connect the dots?
- When did you decide you wanted to make a big difference in the world?
- Where do you need to seek forgiveness, or forgive others?
- How are you guarding your heart and mind against temptation and laziness?
- What would you like your family – and/or the people who have seen you at your worst – at your funeral service?
- Have you created contingencies for your family – an emergency fund, life insurance, and savings for your elder years?
- If you could live healthily to 120, what could you imagine accomplishing?
- What’s your learning plan this year?
- Can you give me an example of how you’ve taught someone else something in the last week?
- Let’s play chess. If you make that move, what’s likely to happen next, and then how would you respond?
- Is this a case of being too hard on yourself?
- Is this a case of being too easy on yourself?
- Where do you need to improve your self-leadership, so you can better lead others?
- That sounds like a problem. What are you going to do about that?
- What adds stress and how do you handle stress?
- Tell me a time you were most productive/focused. What was unique about that experience?
- What are your strengths/weaknesses at effective public speaking? How can you leverage/improve?
- How do you measure success?
- Is persistence more/less important than talent? Why?
- If you could take a year off, what would you do?
- What do you do for others that brings you joy?
- How can I help you?
Topic Areas
- Communication with other family members (especially spouse)
- Teaching and coaching children – toddlers through teenagers
- Managing money – debt, savings, investments, insurance
- Big decisions – career, expensive items, investments, moving, relationships
- Relationship with peers, neighbors, and networks
- Good books and resources
- Managing projects and teams
- How to be persuasive
- Current political issues – what are the deeper issues, who benefits
- Managing a business or organization
- Here’s something I learned this week…
- Looking at a situation from a different perspective
- The difference between being responsible for, and responsible to
- How to listen effectively
- Suggestions for difficult conversations
- Friendships with other men
- The guards to put around your relationships with women other than your wife
- Asking for promotions or a raise at work
- Your stay vs. leave equation about the current situation
- Relationship changes over time (e.g., marriage, parenting)
- Being optimistic and realistic when you’re surrounded by negative people
- Working effectively with people who have a very different style than you
- Self-perception vs. how others perceive you
- Making better decisions
- Moving forward even in ambiguous situations