For today’s managers and professionals, finding ways to engage and connect with the people you work with can be a real challenge. Learning how to ask questions that are incisive and insightful can be crucial in:
- Helping your teams become more collaborative, empowered and motivated.
- Being more mindful of your own attitude and how carefully you listen to others.
- Understanding the power of asking the right questions in the right way.
Find out why well-thought-out and well-structured questions can be an invaluable tool in fostering collective intelligence in your workplace.
GOALS
- Formulate and ask cogent, purposeful questions in a variety of management situations.
- Practise techniques aimed at expanding your repertoire of questions.
- Realize by way of hands-on exercises why the right questions can make all the difference, especially when compared to the standard affirmative approach.
IS THIS FOR YOU?
- Supervisors
- Managers
- Professionals
SPECIAL FEATURES
- An opportunity to try out various formulations to see which questions work best in different conversational contexts.
- An approach aimed at helping you become more agile in asking questions and adapting them to various situations in line with your strategic intent.
Participants will receive a certificate of completion from Executive Education HEC Montréal.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
A copy of L'art de la question (Isabelle Lord) will be given to all attendees.
1. Contributory Interaction
- Learn the three rules to asking good questions.
- Ask open-ended questions that reflect your strategic intent.
- Practise three techniques designed to expand your repertoire of impactful questions.
2. Influential Interaction
- Acquaint yourself with the essential components of question-asking and become more comfortable with queries built around strategic intent.
- Debrief and ensure you are progressing in the right direction.
TRAINING APPROACH
- Readings, handouts and videos
- Demonstrations, practical exercises and video recording/playback
- Tips, pointers and real-time feedback from a certified coach
- Theoretical foundations: Isabelle Lord’s book The Art of the Question (L’art de la question) and her list of effective questions (free copy for all participants)
- 60-minute prep session to dive into the subject matter
Adm.A., ASC, ACC
Principal and Coach - Leadership & Team Development, Humance et Lord Communication managériale
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GOALS
- Formulate and ask cogent, purposeful questions in a variety of management situations.
- Practise techniques aimed at expanding your repertoire of questions.
- Realize by way of hands-on exercises why the right questions can make all the difference, especially when compared to the standard affirmative approach.
IS THIS FOR YOU?
- Supervisors
- Managers
- Professionals
SPECIAL FEATURES
- An opportunity to try out various formulations to see which questions work best in different conversational contexts.
- An approach aimed at helping you become more agile in asking questions and adapting them to various situations in line with your strategic intent.
Participants will receive a certificate of completion from Executive Education HEC Montréal.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
A copy of L'art de la question (Isabelle Lord) will be given to all attendees.
1. Contributory Interaction
- Learn the three rules to asking good questions.
- Ask open-ended questions that reflect your strategic intent.
- Practise three techniques designed to expand your repertoire of impactful questions.
2. Influential Interaction
- Acquaint yourself with the essential components of question-asking and become more comfortable with queries built around strategic intent.
- Debrief and ensure you are progressing in the right direction.
TRAINING APPROACH
- Readings, handouts and videos
- Demonstrations, practical exercises and video recording/playback
- Tips, pointers and real-time feedback from a certified coach
- Theoretical foundations: Isabelle Lord’s book The Art of the Question (L’art de la question) and her list of effective questions (free copy for all participants)
- 60-minute prep session to dive into the subject matter
Adm.A., ASC, ACC
Principal and Coach - Leadership & Team Development, Humance et Lord Communication managériale