Questions and Answers
We are trained our entire lives to seek out answers, are rewarded for having the answers, can make a living providing the answers. But is that really the answer?
“It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.”
- James Thurber
As a leader, you may wonder what the question is then…
Do you move your team, department, organization forward by providing all the answers, or asking the right questions? The success of your work, your true value and the empowerment of your staff depends on the right questions, not the right answers. More here.
What questions do you ask as a leader?
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Joe Raasch :: Apr.26.2009 :: Employee Engagement, Leadership, Organizational Development :: 2 Comments »
I think questions are so much more interesting than answers. Answers denote the end of the line, and if we are truly to keep ourselves open to all that is possible in life, we must remain curious.
Jacqueline,
Thank you for visiting!
I agree, taking that ‘stance of curiosity’ allows us to be forward-thinking and open to possibility of what could be.
Cheers,
Joe
FYI – link to Jacqueline’s site is http://www.thefearlessfactor.com