In any business there is someone who is at the top. Who challenges them?

The person at the top is the one that challenges, motivates, and encourages the people that work for them, but who does this for the boss? Business Owners go onto business for a variety of reasons, over a period of time the business takes on an identity of itself where different questions need to be asked.

When you are part of a large organisation there is a system where line managers are accountable to group managers, and they to the board of directors. The CEO is then usually the one that challenges the board of directors, but who challenges the CEO to ensure they are working at their best?

Why should the person at the top be challenged you may ask? Well the quality of the decisions made are dependent on the quality of the questions asked.

What would be the impact on a company if the boss had the opportunity to be challenged about the decisions they make? What would be impact if they knew somebody would be asking the searching questions about the success of their business, without a personal agenda?

That is the key, without a personal agenda. Being paid to ask the right questions, that challenge them to make choices, that are best for the business, is an underestimated resource. When you have someone asking the right questions, without being ‘part’ of the business, the anchors are different and there is nothing else that clouds the issues at hand.

How would a business owner know if this would help, well they won’t until they try it. A question you could ask,

What COULD be the benefit to the business if I was asked the right questions that challenge me and the business?

Well, having answered the question what could you do next?