Ask questions to help those around you

Ask questions to help those around you to focus, think through problems, and reach their goals. For example:
  • If your co-worker wants to more effectively disciple others, ask: How do you disciple people now? What’s causing you to want to improve? What’s “more effective discipleship” look like? What can you do?
  • If your team is planning an event, ask: What do we want to see happen? What will help this go well? Who’s going to do what?
  • If a pastor is dealing with conflict, ask: What happened? How do you feel? How does the other person see the situation? How can you demonstrate Christ’s love?
  • If a small group leader wants to help her participants be more engaged, ask: If your participants got more engaged, what might happen? What helps your participants get engaged? When are your participants not engaged? What can you do?

Janet Kunnecke of SEND Japan contributed to writing of this entry.