inquiring leaders

The Inquiring Leader: The myth of the natural leader (Inquiry is a skill, not a personality)

From their new book: Mike and Mark take aim at one of the biggest lies in leadership: “Great leaders are born, not built.” Learn how to flex your leadership muscles of inquisitiveness in this episode. (Want more articles? Here are a scholarly explanation of dialogic leadership and a short piece from Mark explaining how slowing down leads to learning.) This episode …

Podcast 109 – Crucial Conversations: Start with the heart

When you identify a high-stakes, emotional issue with strongly opposing views  … how quickly do you discuss it?  Or do you resort to “silence or violence?”  As promised last episode, welcome to our series on how to have difficult conversations. We are using the excellent “Crucial Conversations” as our inspiration. Whether you have to tell somebody they smell bad, discuss a …