- $147
Break the Telling Habit Workshop
How to use Powerful Questions to Unlock Innovation and Amplify Engagement
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We all want to lead innovative, creative teams. Ones that are capable, confident, and engaged. But for some reason, yours just isn’t working out that way.
Your team finds itself trying to solve the same problem over and over again. Projects stall. And people do their jobs, but just go through the motions, without contributing to making work better.
And, frustratingly, you find that you’re the only one willing to take ownership of issues and come up with solutions. Which means that people come to you for answers all the time, even for little things that you know they could figure out on their own.
You can give them the answers, sure. (Or what you think are the answers. It feels quicker and you have experience and knowledge, and there’s so much to get done!)
But in doing so, you find that you become the bottleneck for all projects. Your team feels passive, disempowered, and they stop thinking for themselves. And innovation and engagement give way to status quo and presenteeism.
The solution to this problem isn’t figuring out how to give better answers.
It’s learning how to ask better questions.
Join me for this on-demand training, and learn how to ask the questions that can transform your leadership.
If you can learn to break the telling habit and start tapping into the power of effective questions, you open up whole new horizons of possibility for your organization, your team, and yourself!
Doing so not only teaches your team how to take ownership of problems, it also empowers them to take ownership of finding the solutions — which means that you now have a whole team’s worth of bright, creative thinking on problems, instead of everything coming back to you.
Being a leader means helping others learn how to solve problems.
It doesn’t mean owning the thinking, but it means owning the creation of the conditions for learning and setting up a work environment that enables your people to do their best.
This means asking more questions, listening more effectively, providing space to learn. It means you not having all the answers or telling people exactly what to do.
This means asking more questions, listening more effectively, providing space to learn. It means you not having all the answers or telling people exactly what to do.
This is how you get those magic moments of innovation and engagement.
Because as great of a leader or coach as you are, you’re only one person. Plus, what you think is the right answer might not always be the best one. The true breakthroughs happen when you get multiple people equally motivated to work on an issue — that’s when you see that when it comes to people, 1+1 = way more than 2.
Join me for a highly interactive workshop and learn how to break your telling habit and transform your leadership!
During our time together, you’ll learn how to use powerful questions and purposeful listening to make your leadership and coaching more effective and empowering, freeing you from the endless hamster-wheel of having to be the expert who has have all the answers, and teaching your team how to learn and create solutions that far exceed what any one person could come up with alone.
You’ll walk away knowing:
- How to stop being the “problem solver” in your organization, and how to create an engaged, capable team team of problem solvers all working together towards a common goal.
- The surprising ways that your telling habit is damaging your organization and your leadership.
- Why not all questions are created equal, and the sneaky trap we fall into that looks like asking good questions … but is really hampering your team.
- The 3 types of questions you must master to be an effective leader and coach, and other essential skills such as listening and providing observable feedback.
- Knowing when you really should be telling, rather than asking. This is an integral part of the leadership continuum, and one you need to learn how to navigate.
- How to reawaken a spirit of creativity, innovation, and excitement in your team.
- My 3-part framework for practicing this new skill in your day-to-day engagements and aligning it with your greater intentions for your work.
If you are a leader, coach, or collaborate with others on a team, learning to ask more effective questions is the most important skill that you can develop!
One of the key things I’ve learned in nearly two decades of leading change and coaching leaders -- and through my partnership with Toyota leader Isao Yoshino -- is the importance of learning by doing.
That’s why we’ll spend over an hour of our time together practicing creating and asking powerful questions, where you will both practice giving and receiving live coaching so you can know for certain exactly how to bring this learning home and start applying it in your organization.
Can something so simple really make that big of a difference?
The short answer is, yes.
Asking powerful questions has exponential returns — it makes you more effective as a leader and frees up your time and capacity, and it teaches your team how to be innovative and creative thinkers, and fosters engagement. The resulting shift in organizational dynamics can completely change a team in a matter of minutes.
Just a few simple effective questions can powerfully impact your team members and you, and gear your organization towards problem-solving and innovation.
Asking powerful questions has exponential returns — it makes you more effective as a leader and frees up your time and capacity, and it teaches your team how to be innovative and creative thinkers, and fosters engagement. The resulting shift in organizational dynamics can completely change a team in a matter of minutes.
Just a few simple effective questions can powerfully impact your team members and you, and gear your organization towards problem-solving and innovation.
The Details:
Upon registration, you will receive a welcome message (check your spam filter to make sure you get it) with details.
Course includes:
- Effective Questions Guide with six pages of question prompts and tips
- Daily Reflection Template to support your ongoing practice
- Lifetime access to the course materials and videos
- Lifetime access to the workshop recording and all materials.
The success of your team depends on the quality of your leadership — and that is fundamentally impacted by your ability to use good questions well.
Join me and start tapping into this incredibly powerful leadership skill today!
Testimonials
"It may seem simple, but asking questions with intention is a very powerful concept. I left this workshop with real skills that can be used immediately in my leadership role. I am both humble and empowered to empower others. Thank you, Katie."
- Brian Miller, President of Midwest Precision, Inc. - Tulsa
"The execution of Katie's delivery of core concepts is significant and well articulated that makes it easier to grasp and understand through ponderance and practice. Katie makes the learning environment relaxing, friendly and kind where expression of ideas and questions are welcomed, no matter how off-kilter they could be. I personally have grown immensely in knowledge and understanding through the teachings of Katie."
-Lorne Anderson, Continuous Improvement and Kata Coach
"This was an excellent reminder and sharpening of my coaching skills, what Katie provides is a very simple and "easy" to apply approaches that if intentionally applied with discipline can have immediate results. I was able to apply the question coaching principles within 24 hours and shifted one of my leaders from a fixed mindset towards intentional learning.."
- Shawn Carner, Head of Operational Excellence - Vacaville at Genentech
FAQs
What’s the bottom-line benefit of asking better questions?
Business leaders, employees, and consumers agree that creating a culture of innovation and creativity is one of the most desirable organizational outcomes in our current work environment. What’s more, innovative companies grow faster and more profitably than their peers.
As the world of work and business becomes ever-more complex, those organizations with teams that are able to work creatively, flexibly, and effectively together are going to be the ones that survive.
But while 84% of executives consider their future success to be extremely dependent on innovation, just 6% of executives are happy with their organization’s innovation performance.
Asking better questions is the key to unlocking all these benefits.
Asking better questions creates more effective and engaged teams, future-proofs your organization, and allows you to provide more value and better service to your customers. All goals which I think you’ll agree are well worth spending this time working on!
Who is this for? Is this only meant for people in the C-suite?
This workshop is anyone who would like to make their organization or team more effective and innovative. While it’s definitely beneficial for executives, the truth is, leadership exists at all levels of an organization. The skills learned in this course is invaluable for anyone in a people-development position or who interacts with others as part of a team.
So if you’re interested in learning how to shift the culture of your organization or team, foster creativity, and get people excited about working with you, it’s for you, no matter what your job title is.
I love this! Can you teach this in a private workshop for my organization?
Yes — I offer personalized private workshops for organizations both live and via Zoom. To talk about how I can tailor this for your team, contact me at katie@kbjanderson.com
How do I join in?
It’s easy! Just click here to reserve your spot, and you’ll immediately get access to all the course details.
Katie Anderson
Be inspired to become a more intentional leader and make a positive impact
I love helping people to learn how to live and lead with intention to achieve their purpose, be their best selves, and to coach and develop others to support learning in their organizations.
I am here to inspire and support you in your leadership, coaching, and learning from the heart, with my infectious enthusiasm for connecting with people, trying new experiences, and continuously improving.
Leadership & Learning Coach | Consultant | Speaker |
Author of International #1 Best-Selling Book Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn
Leadership & Learning Coach | Consultant | Speaker |
Author of International #1 Best-Selling Book Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn
Contents
Welcome to the Workshop!
Welcome to Break the Telling Habit Workshop
Pre-Workshop Materials
Please take a moment to complete the pre-workshop survey.
Before the workshop, have available the following items to use during the workshop:
Before the workshop, have available the following items to use during the workshop:
- Blank paper and pen/pencil for taking notes and providing feedback during the practice session
- Printed or electronic access to the Effective Questions Guide
- Printed or electronic access to the Breakout Session Instructions
Welcome Video - Watch This First!
- 2 mins
- 41 MB
Breakout Practice Instructions
- 656 KB
Effective Questions Guide
- 1.4 MB
Worksheet - Daily Reflection
- 49.6 KB
Pre-workshop Survey
Practice at Home Instructions - Break the Telling Habit Workshop
- 114 KB
Workshop Materials and Videos
Workshop Slides
- 2.08 MB
Habit of Telling Workshop Chat - June 2021.txt
- 19.2 KB
Workshop Part 1 - Introduction to Break the Telling Habit
- 10 mins
- 341 MB
Workshop Part 2 - The Habit of Telling
- 19 mins
- 662 MB
Workshop Part 3 - The Power of Questions (and Listening)
- 10 mins
- 355 MB
Workshop Part 4 - Your Practice
- 17 mins
- 916 MB
Workshop Part 5 - Lead with Intention
- 11 mins
- 419 MB
Habit of Telling Follow Up Questions -June 2021.mov
- 14 mins
- 1.01 GB
Bonus Materials
In this sections we've included some bonus resources and links to articles to supplement your learning.