Do you tend to plan or just let things happen?

You won't be able to be effective without focus and focus is questionable if you're not prepared to plan. Plans can be short and succinct, but they need to be there.

What’s in store for us? Happy times or is something still lurking?

There was an interesting article in a CFO magazine last year where 74% of the CFO's surveyed reduced their workforce in the last 20 months and 84% of those CFO's will not reverse that action. We need business-confidence back to make this recovery complete.

Do you argue (first) when some objects to your point of view?

I do! Instead, don’t automatically say – or even think – that others are wrong for objecting to your point of view. The more you argue, the more they’ll fight to justify their positions. Ask questions instead to uncover the thinking behind the objection. Source: Talk is Not Cheap, by Beverly Inman-Ebel. Published by Baird Press, 512-329-8373.