Are You Asking the Right Questions?

Few leaders have been trained to ask great questions. That might
explain why they tend to be good at certain kinds of questions, and
less effective at other kinds. Unfortunately, that hurts their
ability to pursue strategic priorities. Arnaud Chevallier, strategy
professor at IMD Business School, explains how leaders can break
out of that rut and systematically ask five kinds of questions:
investigative, speculative, productive, interpretive, and
subjective. He shares real-life examples of how asking the right
sort of question at a key time can unlock value and propel your
organization. With his IMD colleagues Frédéric Dalsace and
Jean-Louis Barsoux, Chevallier wrote the HBR article "The Art of
Asking Smarter Questions."