How To Turn Your Good Ideas Into Great Questions

Despite the popularity of brainstorming in meetings, sharing ideas doesn’t often lead to a creative discussion. Asking questions does. Here’s a technique to turn your good ideas into great questions.

Leaders, coaches, mentors, parents, and consultants allliketheir own ideas. “If people wouldlisten to me and dowhat Isaid,” we think, “things would get a lot better around here.” The trouble is, everyone else is thinking similar thoughts regardingtheir own ideas.

Ideas have their place. As a lead...