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Asking great questions increases engagement. Take three minutes to learn more.

“if you can learn to ask questions well, it can help you connect with others. Thinking together can put you on the path to solving intractable problems and sparking innovative thinking.” - HBR

A culture shifting skill - learning how to ask powerful questions. “Leaders who ask powerful questions have the greatest success in both seizing new opportunities and addressing unexpected challenges — and they build cultures that will carry these benefits into the future.”

This is a very powerful article that every leader should read and practice. Please remember two things: (1) a leader is anyone that influences others, so chances are if you are reading this, you are a leader (tag, your it)! (2) This approach takes practice. Just like going to the gym or running, you can’t go work out or run for 9 straight hours and “be in shape.” It takes repeated practice over days, weeks, months and yes even years. #leadership #acilconsulting #keepleaningin #continuousimprovement #lean

This is an important article. The ability to ask questions is not often talked about in leadership development except in specific situations where it is applied. Coaching, for example. I think it is valuable to consider the skill of asking questions as a key leadership competency, utilized in many applications, such as: * Sales * Meetings * Interviewing * Strategy planning * Coaching * Employee engagement discussions Ellen Raynor (owner) Link to my web site: https://lnkd.in/d4B7BgFG

By asking powerful questions as a leader, You communicate that questioning is important. You’ll inspire people to identify new opportunities and to ask for help when they need it. You’ll lead to a culture of learning. #leadership #culture

This article emphasizes the value of leaders asking thought-provoking questions, especially during times of crisis and uncertainty (VUCA). It highlights that effective questioning can lead to solving complex problems and fostering connections with others, even helping to build trust. By suggesting that leaders should involve various stakeholders, such as employees, stakeholders, and customers, in answering these questions to not only generate better solutions but also reshape the organizational culture. The author argues against the assumption that leaders should have all the answers, asserting that acknowledging one's own lack of answers and seeking assistance from others actually boosts trust and fosters collaboration. I believe that by mastering the skill of asking questions, leaders can encourage collective thinking, problem-solving, and innovation. #agility #effectiveleadership #transformationalleadership

  Especially when they find themselves in the midst of crisis and uncertainty, leaders should ask powerful and inspiring questions. Asking questions well can put you on the path to solving intractable problems and will also help you connect with others and, counterintuitively, to earn their trust. Those questions should be big in scope: What new opportunities have emerged that we don’t want to miss? How might we use new technologies to change our business model? And you should involve others in answering those questions —employees, stakeholders, and even customers. Doing so can not only help you generate better answers, it can also help you to change your organization’s culture.#solvingproblems#newopprtunities

Powerful questions.