Your Foundation for Successful Leadership - Good Leaders Ask Great Questions

When looking for examples of questions you need to ask in given situations .... we all ask ourselves, "Is there a better way to frame this. This book is an excellent resource that frames situations leaders encounter and then provides ways to uncover the knowledge being sought. The book is a great add to your reference library.

Great book for leaders of all experience levels. John gets to the heart of leadership in this book. Strongly recommended for anyone in any type of leadership position, whether you have a title of leader or not.

Long book. Seems unfocused. Maybe I just don't understand idea of wanting to be a leader - just to be a leader (like "leader" is the job title). Seems you should have a purpose- then lead if necessary.

Stale - I got tricked into purchasing by the intriguing title. Maxwell is all about himself and beat me out of $10.00 I wish I could get a refund. Save yourself $10.00 by telling yourself to ask people questions. duh.

Good Leaders Ask Great Questions by John C. Maxwell is a basic leadership book. The focus of the book is in alignment with the title. Maxwell uses examples from his own leadership experience, sharing successes and failures. The common theme of asking questions is divided into to parts: Questions John Maxwell Asks and Questions Leaders Ask Him. Most emphasis is placed on answering questions from leaders, such as:

** What must I do to lead successfully?
** How does leadership work?
** How do I get started in leadership?
** How do I resolve conflict?
** How can I succeed?
** How can I successfully navigate leadership?

The book is informative, yet some of his other books are much better. This book reminded me of a summary of coaching calls or perhaps a solution to managing coaching clients. The structure is repetitive and the book loses it uniqueness after the "Ask question" concept is grasped. I'm a huge fan of John Maxwell books, yet I found this one a bit too simplistic and geared primarily to new leaders.

Maxwell's The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership is excellent and one of the required books for my pastoral leadership class at Liberty University. Failing Forward is my favorite Maxwell book and I've recommended it many times to friends. I've read both of these books several times and they will continue to be reference books in my leadership library!

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It's been said that the more your organizational authority increases, the more your organizational IQ decreases, and asking great questions can help give you new information and a new perspective. In this book, John Maxwell suggests many excellent questions that you should be asking yourself as a leader like: Am I investing in myself? Am I staying in my strength zone? Am I spending time with the right people? He also outlines questions you should be asking your team: What do you think? I can I serve you? What did you learn? What do I need to know?

Each chapter starts with an overarching question and then digs deeper with more powerful questions, some of which were submitted by John's clients, readers, and members of The John Maxwell Team (coaches, speakers, trainers).

This book is an excellent resource for all leaders, and one I recommend you get in hard copy because you will want to pull it off the shelf and refer to it often.

Are you a leader or an aspiring leader? This book is for you.
Have you ever wonder how to deal with tough challenges like resolving conflict, working with difficult people, working under poor leadership, and navigating leadership transitions? This book offers the answers or atleast some timely advice.

In his new book “Good Leaders Ask Great Questions,” leadership expert John C. Maxwell answers hundreds of questions related to all things leadership.

"Questions unlock and open doors that otherwise remain closed"-John C. Maxwell
"Good questions inform; great questions transform."-John C. Maxwell

Looking to find your purpose? This book is for you.
Looking to learn from one of the greatest leaders out there? This book is for you.
Looking for timeless wisdom, insight, words to live by, and questions that lead to clarity? This book is for you.

This book is not just for business folks but is for anyone who is looking to be a better leader in life.

This book is not just about leadership, it’s about life. It’s about living on purpose. It’s about building and strengthening relationships. It’s about becoming all that you were created to be.

"Life's greatest rewards come from your inner self, from the choices you make, from how you decide to live under whatever circumstances you find yourself in."-John C. Maxwell

This book is like sitting in on a mastermind session with the top leadership expert in the world, which of course, is John Maxwell. I found the wealth of wisdom, experience and personal examples in this book to be thought-provoking as well as practical. The first section is maxwell teaching on the importance of asking questions, the specifics of how they have changed his life and giving examples of questions he asks himself and his team. The latter half of the book is Maxwell answering many questions direct from his readers on different topics pertaining to various areas and levels of leadership. Another home run book from Maxwell.

To many John C. Maxwell will need no introduction, yet for the uninitiated he may be a pleasant, inspiring surprise.

There is no shortage of business-orientated books, all offering the promise to show you the way of becoming a great leader that will inspire one’s employees and help transform your business in the process. Do most of them deliver? No. Does this one?

This book seeks to help the reader by looking at the process of what makes a successful leader, noting that a successful leader is successful by asking questions and listening to the answers. Heresy, it might seem, to many managers who assume that their word has the same weight as a Biblical text and “Must Not Be Questioned”. A more open, accessible, considerate modern leader can still lead, yet they will flourish and benefit from a two-way communication stream. Maxwell here pushes this point repeatedly, noting that sometimes the simplest question such as “Why?” can be the most effective. There is a distinct feeling of empowered humility behind the central message from Maxwell. Ask questions, listen and process. Rinse and repeat. That is a good culture to encourage within a company. Far too many so-called leaders are aloof, out-of-touch (despite being successful) and to use a Army phrase “locked on transmit”.

The book features 70 questions posed by Maxwell’s social media followers, the toughest of the tough questions posed about what it takes to achieve their professional best. Sometimes the questions can be the most revealing and force an element of inner-reflection on the reader. Do these questions apply to you? Maybe they should…

In many ways this book left this reviewer with a mixed feeling. The central message is great, valuable and engaging but it just felt as it was taking far too many words to come to the point. At times there was a feeling of focus loss, if not direct verbosity and padding. It is good to know what stands behind a proposed course of action and a reason to change, yet there was a distinct feeling that the message was being lost in a stream of words at times.

It is hard to directly criticise this book. The author clearly knows his onions and has enjoyed great success with his endeavours. It is probably not a cultural difference either. It just feels that the book, should it be a little tighter, better organised and more focussed, would be even more indispensible. As it is, the busy executive might find it a tough read with so many other competing things fighting for their time and attention. Not everybody has the ability as Bill Gates to take himself or herself away for a week and just read undisturbed!

John Maxwell has contributed significantly in development of leaders through the years. Since reading my first book by Maxwell, some twenty years ago, I have introduced his books to many young leaders. Therefore, when an opportunity for me to review a new book by him, I took it,

The principles in this book are good. The questions that Maxwell gives are insightful and helpful for all leaders. Having read enough of Maxwell's books, I didn't find any new principles that were not already in his other books. However, for a new or an up and coming leader, this book will help in framing how you should develop as a leader.

Copy provided by Center Street, through NetGalley for an honest review.