The questions that leaders ask have an affect on how the team answers. Change how you ask your questions and make it easy for your people to say yes.
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TRANSCRIPT:
Let’s talk about how we ask questions as leaders.
Some questions are better than other questions.
You don’t want to ask a question where your people will have to respond negatively:
“Have you completed the project yet?”
“Well, no but we’re almost done.”
Instead, ask a question that they can respond positively to:
“Have you made progress on the project?”
“Well, yes and we’re almost done.”
Perhaps, even better, could be, “Tell me how the project is going.” This is guaranteed not to put them in a bad position because they can talk about what progress they’ve made. That will make them feel good about what they are accomplishing.
So, today’s Leadership Nudge is:
Ask questions that people can respond affirmatively to.
Avoid the “No, but…” questions.
I’m David Marquet. That’s your Leadership Nudge.
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