Asking Questions will grow leadership

A?question?is an utterance which typically functions as a request for information, which is expected to be provided in the form of an answer- Wikipedia.

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Questioning is a uniquely powerful tool for unlocking value in organizations: It spurs learning and the exchange of ideas, it fuels innovation and performance improvement, it builds rapport and trust among team members. And it can mitigate business risk by uncovering unforeseen pitfalls and hazards. Asking a lot of questions unlocks learning and improves interpersonal bonding

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Much of an executive’s workday?is spent?asking others for information—requesting status updates from a team leader, for example, or questioning a counterpart in a tense negotiation. Yet unlike professionals such as litigators, journalists, and doctors, who are taught how to ask questions as an essential part of their training, few executives think of questioning as a skill that can be honed—or consider how their own answers to questions could make conversations more productive.

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“For Leadership: Asking the right questions can inspire?creativity and empower others.” In our culture, leaders are often looked to as the answer-givers. Leaders are expected to be in control, to know all the answers, to be brave and strong and well-informed. They are to disseminate information.

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“Judge a man by his questions, not by his answers.” Voltaire. Asking questions well can put you on the path to solving intractable problems and will also help you connect with others and, counter intuitively, 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.

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Could people lead better with their ears than with their mouths? Asking questions not only makes leaders more effective but it also makes leadership easier!?It was impossible to know all the answers or even all the facts. By asking pertinent questions, not only were others empowered and allowed to shine, but decisions and actions were implemented efficiently by the organization since several in the organization helped formulate them.

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Our Questions define our state of mind. Our questions decide the emotions that we carry. Our questions determine where we are heading.? As Mahatria would say, “it doesn’t matter if you don’t have all the answers. What truly matter is, do you have the right questions?”

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Thanks.

Sundarraj.S

Leadership Coaching, HR Strategist, Compliances expertise.