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Do people give you the information you need to perform well? Does everyone in your organization understand your vision for the future? Do you know what your boss is really thinking? In a study from the Center for Creative Leadership it was discovered that the ultimate key to successful leadership was an executive’s ability to ask questions and create opportunities for others to ask questions.
In Leading with Questions, internationally acclaimed management consultant Michael Marquardt show how you can learn to ask the powerful questions that will generate short-term results and long-term learning and success. Throughout the book, he demonstrates how effective leaders use questions to encourage participation and teamwork, foster outside-the-box thinking, empower others, build relationships with customers, solve problems, and much more. Based on interviews with twenty-two successful leaders who “lead with questions,” this important book reveals how to determine which questions will lead to solutions in today’s complicated business world.
Marquardt reveals the stumbling blocks that can get in the way of effective questioning and outlines a variety of strategies for learning to ask questions that will get results. Step-by-step, he walks you through the process of learning the art of questioning and show how to use the techniques of active listening and follow-up. In addition, he presents guidelines for using questions in myriad situations with individuals, teams, and organizations.
Leading with Questions is your guide for understanding when how, why, and where to lead with questions. Questioning leaders from DuPont, Alcoa, Novartis, and Cargill will show by example how to become a great leader who asks questions.
Michael Marquardt is an internationally noted educator and consultant, and professor of human resource development and program director of Overseas Programs at George Washington University. He is also the director of the Global Institute for Action Learning.
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