Voltaire advised, “judge a man by his questions, rather than his answers.” Great leaders know how to ask great questions. And they know how to encourage people to answer these questions openly and honestly without fear of shame or reprisal.
John Kay, in his book Obliquity, says there is “no reason to ask questions to which you do not wish to know the answers.” Therein lies the reason so many leaders don’t ask questions. They don’t care about, and don’t want to know what others think. They are confident in the belief that they already have all the answers.
