November 19, 201510 yr Quote We had a recent discussion on this topic. All forum members are invited to continue this discussion here. Vishwadeep Khatri As a team leader or coach, how do you use questions to help guide your team towards a meaningful direction? Is it always better than providing a solution? Narender Sharma Questions always make a map of the subject in the mind of learner. Hence make him curious to know the answer, here when trainer or coach explains he grabs maximum. Steve Borris Consultant and Author I like to encourage folk to question everything. Not everyone, however, likes to be questioned. I see the question as the first step in the improvement process. It does not need to asked aloud - but often discussion adds clarity - it can simply be a trigger. It also helps to set the background to a situation should you be offering a new process and avoids the "Why are wanting to do this?" Steve Steve Borris Consultant and Author I hope to follow this thread. Need to find a way to do so, now that LinkedIn no longer send updates on new comments. Indeed their decision leads to a lot of questions... Ste Vishwadeep Khatri HI Steve, I just realized this - Linkedin does not seem to provide updates on participated discussions any more. This is going to make life difficult for regular users. That is a really confusing change they made. Satish Karivedha If you are in the consulting side, to provide a solution to the business need, one need to ask required questions to understand AS'-IS state, before providing any solution. This gets connects to Demings Profound knowledge which was being explained by Deming with four elements a) Appreciate the system understand the variation c) factors influencing the system d) Use theory of knowledge thru SME's. By using Deming's profound knowledge ask right questions and provide right solution to the business need. Mishtert T As a team leader or coach, asking leading questions would help the opposite party to realize where the gap was and how a situation could have been handled differently or better, which will help in retention as well as replication in future.
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