Leading With Questions

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Based upon interviews with scores ofleaders 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.

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Michael J. Marquardt is an internationally noted educator and consultant, professor of HRD and program director of Overseas Programs at George Washington U., president of Global Learning Associates, and director of The Global Institute for Action Learning. He has trained more than 75,000 managers in nearly 100 countries (in Global 100 companies such as Marriott, Boeing, Nokia, and Samsung; the UN; and the governments of Japan, Finland, and Malaysia) on how to use the power of action learning. He is an award-winning author of 15 books, including the recent best-sellers Building the Learning Organization, Action Learning in Action, and Global Teams. He has earned the International Practitioner of the Year Award from ASTD and an honorary Ph.D. from The International Management Centre at Oxford for his work and writings. Table of Contents Introduction Part I: The Power of Questions           o An Underused Management Tool           o Benefits of a Questioning Culture Part II: Asking Questions Effectively           o Why We Have Trouble with Questions           o Asking the Right Questions           o The Art of Asking Questions           o Creating a Questioning Culture Part III A Guide for Leaders on Using Questions           o Using Questions in Managing People           o Using Questions to Build Teams           o Using Questions to Shape Strategy and Enable Change           o Conclusion: Becoming a Questioning Leader           o Resource A: Training Programs for Questioning Leaders           o Resource B: Biographies of Leaders Interviewed           o Bibliography           o Acknowledgments           o The Author           o Index