“Leading with Questions” To: Growing Leaders Everywhere, What can you do to get your whole team involved in planning for the future, in solving problems and in seeing and seizing opportunities? How can you respond to every possible situation that you will ever find yourself in? Why did Jesus ask over 150 questions in the four Gospels? One of the Leadership Development skills we are helping our young leaders develop is the skill of “Leading with Questions.”
Instead of telling everyone on your team what to do, you can get everyone involved by asking them questions.
The one thing you can do in every possible situation you ever find yourself in is to respond with questions until you have found the answers to know what to do next.
You can study Jesus to learn how to “Lead with Questions.”
Here are 25 of my favorite “Leading with Questions” quotes: “If you ask profound questions...you get profound answers. If you ask shallow questions...you get shallow answers. If you ask no questions...you get no answers at all!” Bobb Biehl “Leaders who promote a questioning culture in their organizations move people from dependence to independence.” Ken Blanchard “An effective leader will ask questions instead of giving direct orders.” Dale Carnegie
“I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.” Lou Holtz “If leadership requires right answers all the time, then only few will qualify. If, however leadership requires challenging questions, we can all aspire to the title of leader.” Chris Clarke-Epstein “Asking lots of questions opens new doors to new ideas, which ultimately contributes to your competitive edge.” Michael Dell
“The Leader of the past may have been a person who knew how to tell, but certainly the leader of the future will be a person who knows how to ask.” Peter Drucker “Great results begin with great questions.” Joseph S. Edwards “Asking is better than telling.” Andrew Finlayson “Positive questioners keep ‘to ask’ lists, instead of just ‘to do’ lists.” Andrew Finlayson