Exploring Curiosity and Effective Communication

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The chapter delves into the importance of curiosity and effective communication by discussing how overconfidence can hinder curiosity and exploring strategies to enhance it. It highlights the need for creating a safe environment for open communication, especially across power and identity differences, and emphasizes receiving feedback graciously to facilitate learning. The chapter also explores the significance of asking quality questions, listening effectively, and using the SIFT and turn method for converting conversational insights into actionable learning.

Jeff Wetzler shows you how to uncover startling wisdom from the people around you through better asking.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The mysteries of the unspoken–and how to tackle them

2) The five-step ask approach

3) The trick to posing quality questions

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— ABOUT JEFF —

Jeff Wetzler is co-CEO of Transcend, a nationally recognized innovation organization, and an expert in learning and human potential with more than 25 years’ experience. Wetzler combines unique leadership experiences in business and education, as a management consultant to the world’s top corporations, a learning facilitator for leaders around the world, and as Chief Learning Officer at Teach For America. Jeff earned a doctorate in adult learning and leadership from Columbia University and a bachelor’s in psychology from Brown University. Based in New York, he is a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network and is an Edmund Hillary Fellow.

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