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Ask questions from a humble heart
Questions are powerful when asked with the right heart. What about questions is more powerful than answers? Questions lead the person questioned on a journey to find an answer ((Marquardt, pg. 84)). The questioner holds the power to send the person questioned on a fruitful journey, or they may send him on a fruitless journey. The questioner may inject their own pathway into the question itself. If the questioner does so, he limits the person questioned from finding his own way and may result in no new destination at all.…
Ease into leading with questions
If a leader hasn’t led with questions, they need to ease into the practice. What happens when the leader with all the answers suddenly begins to ask questions instead? Employees are likely to be uneasy by the sudden transition, and the leader’s efforts, even when made with clean motives, seen with suspicion. Some employees may have depended upon the leader to give them answers and have ceased thinking of solutions to problems they face.…
Leaders ask profound questions
Quality questions are pivotal for a strong organizational culture. Questions are the life-blood of a healthy organizational culture. A culture of questions flips the corporate hierarchy on its head by empowering subordinates to add their expertise to conversations at the top. Such a culture makes it possible for leaders to investigate the reasons behind events and processes without raising the hackles of their direct reports. Leaders, far from being thought incompetent, prove their competence by asking good questions.…