Are you a judger or a learner in the questions you ask? As coaches, we should always be refining our skills with a methodology that we bring forward for our clients, and no one exemplifies that better than my guest today. Join us to learn the importance of the questions we ask and the mindset behind them!

Marilee Adams, Ph.D., is an award-winning author and pioneer in the fields of inquiry-based coaching, leadership, and organizational effectiveness. She is also an executive coach, coach educator, keynote speaker, and the originator of the Question Thinking™ methodologies. She is the CEO/Founder of the Inquiry Institute, a consultant for organizations large and small, an affiliate instructor for Weatherhead Executive Education at Case-Western Reserve University, and served for ten years as an Adjunct Professor of Leadership at the School of Public Affairs at American University. Her bestselling book, Change Your Questions, Change Your Life: 12 Powerful Tools for Leadership, Coaching, and Results, is a mainstay for coaches everywhere. 

Dr. Adams and her team at the Inquiry Institute provide training for coaches, leaders, and teams in the Question Thinking™ methodology, working with many high-powered organizations and leaders across the world. 

Show Highlights:

• How Marilee uses the Choice Map as a multipurpose tool–get your free copy today by taking a short survey at www.inquiryinstitute.com  
• The basics of Question Thinking™ 
• Why Marilee feels a responsibility to educate and empower clients far beyond coaching
• An exercise to understand the Question Thinking™ model of two mindsets, the judger and the learner
• How Marilee uses the tool in a session with a client to guide them with questions in a targeted way
• An example of the power of a question to shift perspective, possibility, and mood
• Why we can’t get stuck in the effort to ask “the perfect question”
• Why does asking, “What do I want this question to accomplish?” have a different impact and focus?
• Takeaways from Marilee in the form of impactful quotes from her book: “A question not asked is a door not opened. Every question missed is a potential opportunity lost. Every question missed is a potential crisis waiting to happen. Great results begin with great questions.” 

Resources:

Connect with Dr. Marilee Adams and the Inquiry Institute: Website

Get your copy of the free Choice Map here.

Get Dr. Adams’ bestselling book:  Change Your Questions, Change Your Life: 12 Powerful Tools for Leadership, Coaching, and Results

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