S1 E7: Let the Question Do the Work

Learning Curve – Leadership Shorts Where the complexities of education become the lessons we learn together Excerpt from Episode 7 What You’ll Learn in This Episode: Once leaders are deep in the work—leading turnarounds, making high-stakes decisions, and carrying system-level responsibility—critique often comes from many directions. This episode focuses on a simple but powerful leadership move for those moments: asking the right question. In Episode 7, we explore how experienced leaders respond when their judgment, decisions, or turnaround work is challenged by people who have not carried the same level of responsibility. Rather than arguing or becoming defensive, strong leaders use clarifying questions to re-center conversations around experience, accountability, and proximity to the work. Produced by Dr. James Crawford. © 2025 James Crawford. All rights reserved.