That's a Great Question : Provocative Questions. Practical Results

Every great achievement starts with a question.

If questions wield such enormous power, why do our peak question-asking years top out around age four?

What are the contributing factors? More important, what steps can we take to re-learn and apply this valuable leadership skill?

Whether you're an aspiring leader or a seasoned executive, this book will give you the confidence to embrace the counterintuitive truth: when you overcome the urge to tell and instead ask a question, you put yourself in control by gently guiding the conversation.

This book examines:

• The 7 types of questions, when to use them, when to avoid them
• The framework for asking great questions
• A speedy way to raise your questions to a new level of insightfulness
• More than 1,000 questions in 20 categories essential to business and life

High-performing leaders create an environment where questions are welcomed because asking great questions changes conversations. And when you change the conversation, you can change a colleague's performance and an organization's culture.

Greg Bustin helps leaders increase their effectiveness.

He led the Dallas office of an international consulting firm to unprecedented levels of success before founding his own management consultancy. Today, he's a sought-after speaker on leadership, strategy and accountability, and he's delivered nearly 200 workshops throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe and led more than 150 strategic planning sessions for companies of all sizes in dozens of industries. He leads three think tanks for successful executives committed to improving their performance and has conducted more than 1,600 executive coaching sessions. He is the author of Lead the Way and Take Charge!