How leaders find the right solutions by knowing what to ask!
Have you ever been in the presence of a great leader, been amazed at how they achieved better outcomes and wondered how they do this?
The skill that great leaders have is knowing the right questions to ask, and being able to listen deeply. This will enable the leader to perform well in any situation, effectively communicate with their team and achieve better results across the organization.
After the workshop, you will be able to:
- Appreciate how asking questions increases personal and organizational effectiveness
- Understand how to listen deeply and ask great questions to build better interpersonal relationships, improve teamwork and morale
- Develop and apply great questioning and listening skills to enhance overall performance
- Become a better leader
Outline
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What is leadership?
– The success model
– Challenges in leadership, communication and problem solving and how to avoid the insanity trap
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How do great leaders ask great questions?
– Why are questions powerful?
– Challenges to asking questions
– Understanding different types of questions
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Developing your skill in asking questions
– Habits of successful questioning leaders
– Developing your questioning skills
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Developing listening skill
– The importance of listening well
– Levels of listening
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Application of questioning and listening skills at work
– Challenges commonly encountered as leaders in the workplace
– How will we apply these skills back at the workplace
– Action Planning
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Practising asking great questions and listening deeply together
– Group Activity
– Reflection and learning
