Leaders ask questions.
Asking the right questions
takes as much skill as
giving the right answers.
Robert Half
Leading with Questions!
Good communication skills are essential to effective leadership. Leadership communication is more than setting direction and inspiring others through one’s words, however. It is equally about asking the right questions of knowledgeable people to get the right information. Many charismatic and results-oriented leaders talk and move others to act, but do they really listen just as much to the people they lead. Two immediate steps these leaders can take to improve their communications skills are the following:
- First, ask more questions.
- Second, ask the right questions.
Communication by definition is a give-and-take activity. Leaders also lead with questions!
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