The N2Growth blog focuses on Corporate Growth. In a recent post Mike Myatt gives some advice to CEO's who want to become skilled communicators. People at all levels of the corporation can use his recommendations in meetings to advance the conversation and to build their own reputation as a strategic thinker.

• Ask questions that allow you to uncover ways to help the person who is speaking. When you help others achieve their objectives you come closer to achieving your own.
• Ask open ended questions. Not those that can be answered with a simple yes or no, but ones that will get the other person talking and allow you to get information and make evaluations and assessments.
• Ask insightful questions that require thought to answer.
• Ask questions that will allow you to showcase your expertise, generate credibility and foster confidence that you can contribute to the solution.