{"id":716,"date":"2011-08-28T14:29:16","date_gmt":"2011-08-28T19:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/industryvoices\/?p=716"},"modified":"2011-09-04T21:32:51","modified_gmt":"2011-09-05T02:32:51","slug":"can-you-handle-a-few-tough-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/industryvoices\/can-you-handle-a-few-tough-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you handle a few tough questions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Can you handle a few tough questions?<\/p>\n<p>I was doing a weekend hike. I asked myself, <em>how can we get more manufactured housing professionals engaged in self-improvement?<\/em> It hit me: Can you question (and answer!) your way to success?<\/p>\n<p>Why not?<\/p>\n<p>The idea is simple. Ask some challenging questions that get you and your associates thinking.<\/p>\n<p>Ask the questions, get answers, but also encourage others to propose their own tough questions.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll share a pair of examples to get the discussion juices in your office going.<\/p>\n<p>A sales related question example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do you have an effective strategy for dealing with price resistance?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A management question:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do you know how your organization\u2019s communication patterns are affecting customer perceptions?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hopefully these examples will help launch this.<\/p>\n<p>Let the answers &#8211; and YOUR questions begin. # #<\/p>\n<p>post submitted by<br \/>\nTim Connor, CSP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you handle a few tough questions? I was doing a weekend hike. 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