BOB TIEDE<\/a><\/span> [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text disabled_on=”on|on|” _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”PT Serif||on||” text_text_color=”#363636″ text_font_size=”16″ text_line_height=”1.4em” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”center” max_width=”140px” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”10px||60px|” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\nBob Tiede\u00a0has been on the staff of Cru for 46 years. He currently serves on the U.S. Leadership Development Team and is passionate about seeing leaders grow and multiply their effectiveness. Bob is also an Author and Blogger. His free eBook\u00a0\u201cGreat Leaders ASK Questions \u2013 A Fortune 100 List\u201d\u00a0(downloaded by leaders in over 100 Nations the first week it was released) is available for free download on his Blog:\u00a0LeadingWithQuestions.com now in its 9th year and followed by Leaders in over 190 countries.<\/p>\n
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A Leader Who Leads With Questions Will Often Be 10x More Effective Than a Leader Who Only Leads by Telling!<\/em><\/p>\nHow is this possible?<\/p>\n
First, a Question:<\/p>\n
Looking at the photo below, if this is your team in this canoe and there are oars for everyone and you want to get this canoe across the lake as quickly as possible, how many of your team members would you like to row with you?<\/p>\n
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All of\u00a0them, of course!<\/p>\n
Now, Picture This:\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Imagine that this is your same team\u2014all seated around your conference table\u2014and there is an \u201copportunity\u201d on the table.\u00a0 (Please read this next question carefully) If you are a leader like I once was, who thinks it is your job to figure out how to take advantage of this opportunity and their job is to then do what you tell them to do, how many \u201cMental Oars\u201d are in the water?<\/p>\n
Yes\u2014Only One\u2014Yours!<\/p>\n
Now, imagine that this is your same team \u2013 all seated around your conference table\u2014and there is an \u201copportunity\u201d on the table.\u00a0 You are a leader who Leads With Questions,\u00a0 so you lean forward, look around the table\u2014make eye contact with everyone on your team\u2014and ask, \u201cWhat do you all think we might do to take advantage of this opportunity?\u201d\u00a0 now how many \u201cMental Oars\u201d might be in the water?<\/p>\n
Yes\u2014All of them!\u00a0<\/p>\n
As your team members start sharing their ideas,\u00a0is it possible you hear ideas better than anything you were thinking?<\/p>\n
While not a guarantee\u2014the odds are\u2014with all your team members contributing their ideas you might just hear ideas better than your own!<\/p>\n
Now, Imagine This:<\/p>\n
Sitting across the table from you is Felicia.\u00a0 When Felicia shares her idea you think, \u201cWow, that is an incredible idea! So much better than anything I was thinking!\u201d\u00a0 So you lean forward and say, \u201cFelicia!\u00a0 Wow!\u00a0 That is an incredible idea!\u00a0 Love It!\u00a0 Felicia, would you be willing to lead our whole team in executing your idea?\u201d<\/p>\n
How hard will Felicia Work?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0She will give it everything she\u2019s got!\u00a0\u00a0Why?\u00a0 Because it is her idea!\u00a0<\/p>\n
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A Leader Who Leads With Questions Will Often Be 10x More Effective Than a Leader Who Only Leads by Telling!<\/p>\n
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What Are the Benefits of Becoming a Leader Who Leads With Questions?<\/p>\n
You go first. What do you think are or will be the benefits of becoming a Leader Who Leads With Questions?\u00a0<\/p>\n