{"id":40,"date":"2023-10-09T14:35:52","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T14:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mmmts.com\/blog\/?p=40"},"modified":"2026-06-12T02:06:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T02:06:47","slug":"business-communication-effective-questioning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mmmts.com\/blog\/business-communication-effective-questioning\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Communication: Effective Questioning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is a well-known anecdote that reinstates the importance of\u00a0<strong>effective questioning\u00a0<\/strong>in\u00a0<strong>verbal communication:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two young men were walking home after having attended a religious service by a renowned priest. One man said to the other, \u201cI wonder whether it would be alright to smoke while praying.\u201d The other replied, \u201cWhy don\u2019t you ask the priest?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"549\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mmmts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Business-Communication-Effective-Questioning.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mmmts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Business-Communication-Effective-Questioning.jpg 549w, https:\/\/www.mmmts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Business-Communication-Effective-Questioning-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next day, the first man went up to the priest and asked, \u201cFather, may I smoke while I pray?\u201d The priest replied, \u201cNo son, that is disrespectful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The young man went back to his friend and recounted what the priest had said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second man replied, \u201cI am not surprised. You asked the wrong question. I shall give it a try.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saying this, he went up to the priest and asked, \u201cFather, may I pray while I smoke?\u201d The priest replied, \u201cBy all means, my son. By all means.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is the learning point of this story?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmmts.com\/communication-skills-training.htm\"><strong>Communication skills<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0consist of\u00a0<strong>effective questioning<\/strong>\u00a0methods. It is an understood fact that you can elicit the desired response by asking the right questions. This would require a certain amount of tact and presence of mind. With practice, you can get better at asking the right questions. By mastering the art of\u00a0<strong>effective questioning,<\/strong>\u00a0you would be able to consistently communicate, and hence improve your\u00a0<strong>verbal communication<\/strong>\u00a0in an effective manner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a well-known anecdote that reinstates the importance of\u00a0effective questioning\u00a0in\u00a0verbal communication: Two young men were walking home after having attended a religious service by a renowned priest. One man said to the other, \u201cI wonder whether it would be alright to smoke while praying.\u201d The other replied, \u201cWhy don\u2019t you ask the priest?\u201d The&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,57,65],"tags":[77,87,93,102,121,135,150,158,162,163,179],"class_list":["post-40","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-communication","category-leadership-skills","category-soft-skills","tag-business-communication","tag-communication-skills-training","tag-corporate-training","tag-effective-questioning","tag-interpersonal-communication-skills","tag-listening-skills","tag-personality-development","tag-questioning-skills","tag-soft-skills-trainer","tag-soft-skills-training","tag-verbal-communication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmmts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmmts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmmts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmmts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmmts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmmts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2837,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmmts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions\/2837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmmts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmmts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmmts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}