This Characteristic Is What Every Boss Looks For In An All-Star Employee (According To Science)

A few years ago, an interesting study came out of Harvard Business Review titled, “The Business Case for Curiosity.”

In the study, HBR reported how an increase in employee curiosity led to a dramatic increase in company-wide creativity; how curiosity leads to empathy, which leads to reduced conflict amongst team members; and how “Google identifies naturally curious people through interview questions such as these: ‘Have you ever found yourself unable to stop learning something you’ve never encountered before? Why? What kept you persistent?’”

And then a few weeks ago, I came across a piece on Medium titled, The 2-Word Trick That Makes Small Talk Interesting.

What are the two words?

“I’m curious…” before asking a question.

Whether we realize it or not, curiosity is one of the most appealing qualities… in a friend, an employee, a boss, or a leader.

Curiosity leads to improved problem-solving — in just about every capacity (logistically, emotionally, financially, etc.).

As the HBR study goes on to explain, “To assess curiosity, employers can also ask…