Ask More, Tell Less: How Leading with Questions Drives Engagement, Empowerment, and Execution
About This Guide
Leadership today requires more than managing tasks and aligning goals, it demands leading people through complexity, change, and collaboration. This guide helps leaders evolve from simply managing stakeholders to leading them, using three measurable behavioral skills that drive trust, momentum, and impact.
Built on data from 19,000+ GLA360 assessments and 100,000+ leaders coached, this practical resource outlines how modern leaders can create measurable value by shifting the way they engage with those around them.
Insights You’ll Gain:
Cocreation Over Control
- Learn why the old model of “top-down direction” no longer works.
- Explore how early involvement transforms resistance into commitment.
- Practice the mindset shift from control to shared ownership.
Proactive Stakeholder Alignment
- Understand how small misalignments can derail big initiatives.
- Learn coaching-backed strategies to align early and often.
- Use data-driven influence to build internal coalitions.
Strategic Feedforward Loops
- Move from reactive feedback to forward-focused communication.
- Build leadership habits like pulse check-ins and transparent updates.
- Create a measurable loop of input, adaptation, and trust.
When leaders embrace these behaviors, and reinforce them through coaching and coworker involvement, they unlock the Triple Win: better leaders, better teams, better results.