Stop taking notes and start asking questions.

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We spend too much time doing exactly what the client wants and too little time actually listening to the client’s problems. If a client wants something a certain way, your first response should be “why do they want it like that?” Ask questions and find out where their head is. Ask the right questions and you’ll get to the bottom of it. Then and only then can you solve it the right way.

  • Butch
    And, the question we should always ask is, "what do you want to ACHIEVE?" As an industry, we spend way too much time and effort focused on what the client wants us to DO, rather than what they want to ACHIEVE.

    Valuable business partners ACHIEVE. Vendors DO.
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