Ask Powerful Questions: Create Conversations That Matter - Softcover

Wise, Will

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1545322996 ISBN 13: 9781545322994

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

What is revealed when you authentically connect with the people around you?In Ask Powerful Questions, Will Wise explains how the questions we traditionally ask are virtually meaningless when it comes to establishing connection. Introducing a set of practical tools for accessing and understanding others by changing the way we ask questions, Will shows how to transform “How are you?—I’m fine, thanks” into a conversation that changes not only how you lead, but who you are as a person. It took years of research, university teaching, and hundreds of client projects for Will to formulate his concept behind the art of asking powerful questions. In his book, Will breaks it down into six simple steps for all of us to be able to understand. The Asking Powerful Questions Pyramid™ shows you how to build:

• Intention
• Rapport
• Openness
• Listening
• Empathy

Business professionals, personal coaches, teachers and anyone in a position of leadership will relate to the personal successes and failures Will shares as he unpacks the art of asking questions that elicit unconventional answers. Powerful questions can be used everywhere: from the board room to the city park, the dinner table to the grocery store. If you want to connect with employees at a team building retreat, hone your leadership skills as a new boss, improve the company culture where you work...this book is for you. If you want to navigate difficult conversations with your spouse or a friend, or practice presence-based listening with your kids...this book is for you. If you want to become a better educator and facilitate an ice breaker conversation with colleagues...this book is for you. Ask Powerful Questions invites the reader on a journey that explores: the clarity of intent, connecting through rapport, creating openness, reflective listening, and empathy. How can we explore the space between ourselves and others, and exchange meaningful perspectives? Just ask—powerfully.

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About the Author

Will Wise, M.Ed., has been asking powerful questions for over two decades as a corporate development consultant, environmental educator, collegiate instructor, adventure guide, and team-building facilitator. Will is the cofounder of We!™, a consulting practice committed to transforming workplaces by building authentic connections, resulting in increased efficiency and higher job satisfaction among employees. Will’s clients have included JetBlue, TEDx, Typeform, and Penn State. He lives in Central Pennsylvania with his wife and three children.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1545322996
• ISBN 13: 9781545322994
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 253