People Management By John The Baptist
Published on Aug 10, 2016
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LEADING WITH QUESTIONS
- They show people new places
- They help us admit that we don’t know all the answers.
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LEADING WITH QUESTIONS
THE FAILURE TO ASK QUESTIONS, ALLOWS US TO OPERATE WITH A DISTORTED SENSE OF REALITY.
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LEADING WITH QUESTIONS
- BENEFITS OF A QUESTIONING CULTURE
- Can build a culture in which questions are welcomed
- Assumptions are challenged
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LEADING WITH QUESTIONS
Asking questions results in empowerment and shared ownership of results.
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LEADING WITH QUESTIONS
- Good questions energize people.
- A questioning culture can energize an entire organization.
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LEADING WITH QUESTIONS
- Questions build strong and cohesive teams
- Questions serve as models of responsiveness, helpfulness, and cooperation.
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LEADING WITH QUESTIONS
- Questions can also encourage people to take risks
- And risks are the precursors to most of the great ideas of history!
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LEADING WITH QUESTIONS
- A questioning culture encourages reflection.
- When we feel free to ask questions, it heightens our need to reflect.
LEADING WITH QUESTIONS
- Reflection helps us to become more attuned to our values
- Questioning cultures, also tend to encourage adaptability and meeting new challenges.
LEADING WITH QUESTIONS
ASKING QUESTIONS EFFECTIVELY
WHY WE HAVE TROUBLE WITH QUESTIONS?
- We avoid questions out of a natural desire to protect ourselves
- We’re too often in a rush.
- We often lack skills in asking or answering questions
- We find ourselves in environments that discourage questions
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LEADING WITH QUESTIONS
- Courage includes the willingness to ask questions that might challenge
- Courage can even break up- current perceptions and patterns.
- Courage is required to keep looking for better answers
- Sometimes we must ask questions that we do not know the answer to.
LEADING WITH QUESTIONS
- ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS
- What do I want my question to accomplish?
- Questions can be very powerful in focusing attention.
- We often ask the wrong questions, questions that disempower others.
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