ARTICLE REVIEW SESSION

ON

CHANGE YOUR QUESTIONS , CHANGE YOUR LIFE

Presented By

C Viswachaithanya Reddy

Siva Sivani Institute of Management

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Marilee G. Adams is a founder and partner with the center

for Inquiring Leadership .An executive coach and

corporate consultant.

Her background includes being a psychotherapist with

over 25years in private practice.

She has spoken on the art of Question Thinking and

Inquiring Leadership to organizations such as NASA,

Siemens Building Technologies ,The Society for Human

Resource Managers and many others.

She is the author of The Art of the Question: A

Guide to Short-Term Questioned –Centered

Therapy.

INTRODUCTION

The book is the story of Ben Knight .He finds himself

challenged ,seemingly beyond his limits, in his new

promotion to a responsible management position

.convinced he doesn’t have what it takes ,he drafts his

resignation. That’s when his CEO steps in and gives him a

second chance by introducing him to Joseph ,the inquiring

coach. However ,Ben’s job isn’t his only problem. His

marriage life is also in trouble. In this book Ben makes

transformations both at work and at home.

Problem:

Too much telling and not enough asking questions

with his wife and in the office.

There are seven tools and practices that Ben led

to such remarkable results. These tools are

discussed in the story .

A world of questions is a world of possibility .

Questions open our minds , connect us to each

other.

THE RIGHT QUESTIONS CAN TRANSFORM OUR LIFE

Everyday , we all ask questions from ‘what should I wear ?to

“what I should do with my life?”. These kind of questions we

ask ourselves .

Marilee introduces “Question Thinking”

an easy to use system for transforming

thinking, action, and results. With new

perspectives and alternatives ,we take

powerful , practical steps to transform

our relationships and our work.

WHY QUESTIONS MATTER?

“We cannot solve our problems with the same

thinking.”-Albert Einstein

“Asking a question is the simplest way of focusing

thinking”-Edward de Bono

“All innovation and new thinking –in processes,

products, services and anything else-begin with a

new question or an old question in a new way.”-

Marilee Goldberg

POWER & PURPOSE OF QUESTIONS

Resolve problems

Evaluate, assesses, & critique

Set & accomplish goals

Clarify & confirm listening

Learn , Teach & Reflect

Focus attention

Create & Innovate-open new possibilities

Gather information

Build & maintain relationships

Think critically, creatively, & strategically

Make decisions & choices

QUESTIONS ,BEHAVIOR & RESULTS

7 DIFFERENT TOOLS TO CHANGE YOUR WORK

& LIFE

Putting the power of question to work

Choice map

Learner-Judger Question

Empowering your observer

Switching Question

Questioning Assumption

Top Twelve Question for Change

TOOL 1- PUTTING THE POWER OF QUESTION

TO WORK

When we get stuck, it’s natural to look for answers

and solutions.

We first need to change our questions: otherwise

we keep recycling the same old, unhelpful answers.

Putting the power of questions to work is the first

tool.

Questions drive results.

The most effective communication is about 20

percent telling and 80 percent asking….most of us

turned this around.

TOOL 2 –THE CHOICE MAP

TOOL 3- JUDGER-LEARNER QUESTIONS

JUDGER LEARNER

What’s wrong? What works?

Who’s to blame? What I am responsible for?

How can I prove I’am right? What are the facts?

How can I protect my life? What’s the big picture?

How can I be in control? What are my choices?

How could I lose? What’s useful about this?

How could I get hurt? What can I learn?

Why is that person so clueless? What is the other person

feeling,needing,wanting?

Why bother? What’s possible?

JUDGER- LEARNER MINDSETS

JUDGER MINDSETS LEARNER MINDSETS

Judgemental Accepting

Reactive , automatic Responsive , reflect

“ Know - it –already” Values not – knowing

Blame Responsibility

Inflexible and rigid Flexible and adaptive

Own point of view Multiple prespectives

TOOL 4- EMPOWERING YOUR OBSERVER

Once you’re able to observe your own thinking, and

recognize the difference between Learner and

Judger, you grab hold of the power of choice.

The questions we form in our minds shape our

decisions, actions & lead to any result we get.

TOOL 5 – SWITCHING QUESTION

In the middle of the choice map there is a road joining the

Judger and learner paths. The switching lane provides a

powerful tool for switching from Judger to learner.

TOOL 6- QUESTIONING ASSUMPTION

You can answer tool to help make decisions- the A-

B-C-C process.

A-Aware; Am I in judger?

B-Breathe- Do I need to step back, pause, and look

situation more objectively.

C-Curiosity- Do I have all the facts? What’s

happening here?

C-Choose- What’s my choice?

TOOL 7- TOP TWELVE QUESTIONS FOR CHANGE

What do I want?

What are my choices?

What assumptions am I thinking?

What am I responsible for?

How else can I think about this?

What is the other person thinking, feeling, needing, and

wanting?

What am I missing or avoiding?

What can I learn?

What questions should I ask myself or others?

What action steps make the most sense?

How can I turn this into a win-win?

What is possible?

Thank youGreat Results Begin With Great Questions