Conducting the First Interview

1. The Power of Questions

1.1. Exercise: All Statements

1.2. Exercise: All Questions

1.3. Exercise: 20 questions

2. Conducting the First Interview

2.1. What are some of the most effective things you are doing right now?

2.2. What are some of the things you think your company needs to improve?

2.3. Paint a picture for me of where you want to be in five years.

2.4. What is your single biggest obstacle to the kind of success you want to have in this business?

3. Taking Notes

3.1. At least one person designated

3.2. Fill in gaps immediately afterward

3.3. Type them up

3.4. Mind maps can be extremely useful