Read to Lead Podcast
506: Leading With Questions with Bob Tiede
Dec 19, 2023
Bob Tiede, creator of Leading With Questions blog, discusses the benefits of leading with questions in leadership, question storming for generating strategic questions, and the power of open-ended questions. He recommends book 'The Little Red Book of Wisdom' and teases a future episode on artificial intelligence.
35:20
Episode guests
AI Summary
AI Chapters
Episode notes
Podcast summary created with Snipd AI
Quick takeaways
- Leading with questions can be up to 10 times more effective than telling as a leadership approach, creating a questioning culture that engages all team members and leads to better decision-making and ownership of outcomes.
- Leading with questions fosters a coaching relationship with direct reports, making them feel valued, respected, and empowered, while also tapping into the collective brain power of the team for better ideas and solutions.
Deep dives
Leading with Questions
The podcast episode explores the book 'Leading with Questions' by Bob Petey and Michael Markwartz. It highlights the difference between a telling leader and one who leads with questions, emphasizing that the latter can be up to 10 times more effective. Leading with questions creates a questioning culture that engages all team members' input, allowing for better decision-making and ownership of outcomes. The episode provides practical strategies for implementing a questioning culture, such as turning topics into questions on meeting agendas and using question storming. It also discusses the power of questions in coaching, creating change, and fostering a respectful and empowering work environment.
Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts
Save insights instantly, chat with episodes, and build lasting knowledge - all powered by AI.
