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Summary

Based upon interviews with scores of leaders who lead  with questions, this book presents the power of  asking the questions that lead to real solutions and answers  in today's complicated world of business. Leading with  Questions provides a comprehensive foundation for effectively  employing questions when leading others. It offers a variety  of principles and strategies for asking questions and  stories illustrating how leaders from every type of  organization have used questions to attain organizational success  and personal fulfillment. When, how, why, and where to lead  with questions are described and exemplified.   Companies cited include DuPont, Cargill, Boeing, Caterpillar,  American Red Cross, Yurkan-Kimberly (Korea), Goodwill, Sodexho  (France), Conoco-Philips, Constellation Energy, Novartis  (Switzerland), Alcoa, Fairfax Public Schools, Pfizer, the US Army,  Nokia (Finland) , IBS (Malaysia), DCDM Finance (Mauritius),  Carvela, and Wal-mart  Main themes:  -Leading with questions leads to significant  organizational, group and individual success.  -Questions are much more powerful for a leader when they are  asked within specific mindsets, context, words and purposes.  Key conclusions:  -Successful leaders lead with questions, and use  questions more frequently.  -Relative few leaders lead with questions, tending rather to  dictate or debate rather than inquire and dialogue.Dire  consequences occur when leaders do not ask questions (e.g., New  York Times, Titanic, Challenger, Cuban Missile Crisis, Enron,  Andersen).  -Most leaders are unaware of amazing power of questions, and how  it can generate short-term results and long-term learning and  success.  -A number of common traits and words are shared among those who  lead with questions.  -Questions impact the person asking the question as well as the  leader.  -The ability to lead with questions can be developed in a  variety of ways, but most effectively via action learning.

Duration: about 6 hours (06:24:54)
Publishing date: 2020-07-20; Unabridged; Copyright Year: 2020. Copyright Statment: —

• Business & Economics