OK, guilty as charged. I began this 30 day challenge by making the statement that I’d provide challenges the average leader could execute in five minutes. What can I say? I did also suggest an hour for a hobby a few days ago. Today’s challenge is to surprise someone with a whole 15 minutes focused solely on them. No shop talk, no agenda planning, nope, just 15 whole minutes intently listening to what’s on their mind.

A caution here, choose your target with care. If you don’t feel that you care enough to allow the person to be the center of a 15-minute conversation then they are not a viable choice. Pick someone with whom you believe you are capable of allowing the gift of your time to.