Hal Gregersen on Asking Better Questions

Hal Gregersen is the Executive Director of the Leadership Center at MIT. He is a prolific author and motivational speaker recognized by Thinkers 500 as one of the World’s 50 Most Innovative Minds. In this episode, Eric and Hal discuss his book, Questions are the Answer: A Breakthrough Approach to Your Most Vexing Problems at Work and in Life. Need help with completing your goals in 2019? The One You Feed Transformation Program can help you accomplish your goals this year. But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you! In This Interview, Hal Gregersen and I Discuss…

His book, Questions are the Answer: A Breakthrough Approach to Your Most Vexing Problems at Work and in Life

That whether we know it or not, we’re all living questions

Keystone questions

Shadow questions

How he discovered his questions

The heart attack that changed his life

His shadow questions

Asking better questions

Competing Commitments

Underlying assumptions

Alexander Papaderos

How if you want better answers, you’ve got to ask better questions

That if you feel stuck you’re probably asking the wrong question

Brainstorming questions without answering them

Why we don’t ask good questions

Catalytic questions that challenge false assumptions

How wanting to be right and smart stops us from getting to better questions

What if you woke up and asked, what am I dead wrong about today?

That if you’re not making big enough mistakes, you’re not trying hard enough

The danger of moving into smaller and smaller tribes that are founded on being right

Actively seeking passive data – observing and listening

The power of the pause

Listening to understand vs listening to defend

How can I find and reflect the light in you?

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