From the Publisher
The first edition of Marilee Adams''s book introduced a surprising, life-altering truth: any of us can literally change our lives simply by changing the questions we ask, especially those we ask ourselves. We can ask questions that open us to learning, connection, satisfaction, and success. Or we can ask questions that impede progress and keep us from getting the results we want. Asking "What great things could happen today?" creates very different expectations, moods, and energy than asking "What could go wrong today?" Many readers reported that they found themselves asking better questions before they even finished reading the book! This is the key insight that the book?s hero, Ben Knight, learns from his executive coach as the story of his transformative journey unfolds, eventually leading to breakthroughs that save his career as well as his marriage. His success rests on having become a "question man" and an inquiring leader rather than a judgmental, know-it-all answer man. In this extensively revised second edition, Adams has made the story even more illuminating and helpful, adding three new chapters as well as three powerful new tools. Change Your Questions, Change Your Life is practical yet simple, giving readers an entertaining, step-by-step guide to a technique that will transform their personal and professional lives. Great results really do begin with great questions -- Marilee Adams shows you how to ask them! "Change Your Questions, Change Your Life provides powerful, practical guidelines that can make a real difference in all our lives." (Marshall Goldsmith, author of What Got You Here Won?t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful)
About the Author
Marilee Adams, PhD, is president and Chief Question Officer of the Inquiry Institute, a consultancy and educational center for leadership and individual, team, and organizational excellence. Her clients include NASA Goddard; Johns Hopkins; Lockheed Martin; the Brookings Institution; the U.S. Departments of the Treasury, Education, and Interior; and the Girl Scouts of America. She is also the author of The Art of the Question: A Guide to Short-Term Question-Centered Therapy.
Format: Trade Paperback
Published: May 19, 2009
Publisher: Berrett-koehler
Language: English
The following ISBNs are associated with this title:
ISBN - 10: 1576756009
ISBN - 13: 9781576756003