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A Lot of an executive workday is spent Asking others for information--requesting status updates from a staff leader, by way of
instance, or questioning a counterpart at a tense negotiation. Yet unlike professionals like litigators, journalists, and doctors,
who are taught how to ask questions as an essential part of their instruction, few executives think of questioning as a skill that
can be honed--or believe how their own answers to queries can make conversations more effective. 
 
That is a missed opportunity. Questioning is A uniquely powerful tool for unlocking value in associations: It spurs learning and
also the exchange of thoughts, it fuels innovation and performance improvement, it builds rapport and trust among team members.
And it can mitigate business risk by discovering unforeseen pitfalls and dangers. 

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For many folks, questioning comes readily. But the majority of us do not ask enough questions, nor do we present our queries in an

optimal way. 
 
The good news is that by asking questions, We naturally improve our emotional intelligence, which then causes us much better
questioners--a virtuous cycle. In this guide, we draw insights from behavioral science research to explore the way the way we
frame questions and decide to answer our counterparts may help determine the outcome of conversations. We provide guidance for
choosing the best kind, tone, sequence, and framing of questions and for determining what and how much information to share to
reap the maximum benefit from our interactions, not just for ourselves but also for our associations. 
Do not Ask, Don't Get
 
"Be a good listener," Dale Carnegie advised in his 1936 classic How to Win Friends and Influence People. "Ask questions the Other
person will enjoy answering." Over 80 Decades later, most people still Fail to heed Carnegie's sage advice. When one of us
(Alison) began studying Discussions at Harvard Business School several years ago, she immediately arrived In a foundational
insight: People do not ask enough questions. In fact, among The most frequent complaints people make after having a dialog, like
an Interview, a first date, or a work interview, is"I wish [s/he] had requested me more Questions" and"I can not think [s/he]
didn't ask me some questions"

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