Saturday, March 7, 2009

Leading with Questions
(Not Domineering with Answers)





Leading with Questions: How Leaders Find the
Right Solutions By Knowing What To Ask


"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 shows 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 shows 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 great questions." Leading with Questions : How Leaders Find the Right Solutions By Knowing What To Ask - Michael J. Marquardt

Leading with Questions Sampled on Google Books

"In Leading with Questions, Michael Marquardt maps the future of leadership. '"The leader of the past was a person who told,"' Peter Drucker once said. '"The leader of the future will be a person who asks."' Read this book if you want to see the future."'
-- Robert Kramer, director, executive education programs, American University" Leading with Questions on Amazon.com


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