Powerful Questions to Build Team Trust, Engagement, and Psychological Safety

Course details

We are in one of the most transformational times in our workplace, yet top-down decision-making persists, stifling team engagement and innovation. In this course, executive coach Jean Marie DiGiovanna shows you how to effectively engage your team, inspire innovation, and foster individual and collective growth by asking specific, powerful questions designed to enhance communication, unlock hidden talent, inspire new ideas, enable critical thinking, and increase leadership effectiveness.

Learning objectives
Differentiate between the art and science of asking powerful questions.
Enhance presence and listening skills.
Manage emotional triggers effectively.
Foster psychological safety and engagement.
Facilitate problem-solving and innovation.

Concepts

Introduction

The power of questions to enhance communication

Powerful Questions and Leadership Effectiveness

What kinds of questions are you asking
What great leaders do after asking a powerful question

Powerful Questions to Ask Yourself

When you feel triggered
When you feel the need to control, be perfect, or be right

Powerful Questions to Increase Team Engagement

Engagement starts with deeply knowing your team
Powerful questions to create psychological safety
Powerful questions to foster new and innovative ideas

Powerful Questions to Increase Team Effectiveness

Powerful questions for problem-solving and critical thinking
Powerful questions for making better decisions
Powerful questions for eliciting honest feedback

Powerful Questions to Develop a High-Performing Team

Powerful questions to uncover gifts, talents, and strengths
Powerful questions for continuous learning and growth

Powerful Questions to Motivate Your Team to Success

Powerful questions to foster accountability with your team
Powerful questions to acknowledge your team
Powerful questions to inspire and motivate your team

Conclusion

Questions are the answer