Doesn't your spouse drive you crazy sometimes? Here's what Barbara, my wife of 32 years, did to me a few years ago: Keep in mind I have been reporting on the industry by asking questions for twenty-plus years. Over that time I've probably thrown eight zillion questions at industry people. Barbara, then a college teacher and administrator, had never interviewed anyone for publication . . . until she was writing her dissertation for her doctoral thesis. Then, to study differences in leadership styles, she interviewed women presidents of community colleges. The interviews included a great question, one that had never occurred to me to ask, one we should all ask ourselves from time to time.
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