{"id":97,"date":"2016-05-26T00:01:28","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T04:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/facilitativeleadership.wordpress.com\/?p=97"},"modified":"2026-04-21T13:33:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T17:33:58","slug":"meeting-transition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mgrush.com\/blog\/meeting-transition\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Be Precise with Three Meeting Transition Questions: Do NOT Ask \u201cHow Do You Solve Global Hunger?\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meeting Transition questions is highly effective because you cannot develop a plan, any plan, such as a marketing plan, by asking “What is the marketing plan?” The question is so broad as to be dull, ubiquitous, myopic, and broad (DUMB)<\/a>.<\/h2>\n
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Three Transition Questions for Clarity and Precision<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

It’s not easy for participants to respond to broad questions like “How do you solve global hunger?” \u00a0While appropriate, the question’s scope is too broad (and perhaps vague) to stimulate specific, actionable responses like “We could convert those abandoned mine shafts in Somalia and create food storage areas.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Three Appropriate Yet Powerful Transition Questions<\/h3>\n

Extemporaneous leaders should develop a tendency to modify three core transition questions during meetings instead of asking broad questions like, “Are we OK with this list?” or, “Can we move on?” Therefore, use more structure<\/a> and precision<\/a> by relying on\u00a0transition questions with these three simple, pertinent, and clear questions<\/a> that can be modified to your own situation:<\/span><\/p>\n