There are great questions to ask to help you grow as a leader. My friend, Bob Tiede, even created a blog centered around asking questions. He believes leaders should lead with questions.
What questions should leaders be asking? Leaders should ask:
- How did we get here?
- What will get us to our goal?
- Am I wasting time?
- Where do I want to be in 5 or 10 years?
- Who can I help today?
- Why is the grass green?
- Is what I’ve read or heard true?
- Can you give me feedback?
- What excites you?
- And what else? (props to Michael Bungay Stanier)
- Why do you want what you want?
- What obstacles are holding me back?
- How can I overcome those obstacles?
- And more…
Keep asking questions. They’ll help you discover who you are, the world around you, and who the people you lead are.
Questions are a key to growing uip, to knowing yourself and others. As you ask questions, keep track of what you’re asking and the answers you discover. You’ll find yourself with a wealth of information to use.
Why would we ever stop asking questions? Why would we ever stop growing up? There are so many answers that haven’t been discovered by you yet! Keep asking great questions. You’ll get answers to them eventually!
This article about growing up originally appeared here, and is used by permission.
