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

0. Introduction

01 - The power of questions to enhance communication

1. Powerful Questions and Leadership Effectiveness

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

2. Powerful Questions to Ask Yourself

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

3. Powerful Questions to Increase Team Engagement

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

4. Powerful Questions to Increase Team Effectiveness

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

5. Powerful Questions to Develop a High-Performing Team

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

6. Powerful Questions to Motivate Your Team to Success

14 - Powerful questions to foster accountability with your team
15 - Powerful questions to acknowledge your team
16 - Powerful questions to inspire and motivate your team

Conclusion

17 - Questions are the answer