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EPISODE · May 5, 2025 · 20 MIN

Why the Questions You Ask May Prevent Your Team's Growth and What to Do About It as a Humanitarian and International Development Leader

from The Modern Humanitarian and International Development Leader: Make a Greater Impact During Uncertainty as a NGO Leader While Avoiding Stress, Burnout and Overwhelm

Are the questions you ask your team limiting their growth and independence?As a NGO leader, your job isn't just to get answers — it's to empower your team to think for themselves. But what if your well-meaning questions are undermining their confidence and slowing their development?In this episode you'll discover:Learn the subtle but critical difference between test questions and coaching questions.How to ask questions that promote critical thinking and independence — not dependence on you.Examples of common “leadership traps” and how to replace them with questions that lead to empowered, high-performing teams.Listen now to start shifting your leadership questions from control to true empowerment — and watch your team thrive.What Is Your Leadership Style?  Free Quiz:Want to know how to lead better?  It starts by understanding your leadership style.   To find out yours, take my free quiz “What Is Your Leadership Style” - you’ll immediately find out your default style, how it may be impacting your team and a few practical ways to become an even better leader.  Just click on the link fill out your quiz and click submit.This podcast empowers international development and humanitarian NGO UN leaders to achieve high performance teams, fostering diversity, inclusion, and wellbeing, overcoming burnout and overwhelm, while maximizing impact and productivity.

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Are the questions you ask your team limiting their growth and independence?As a NGO leader, your job isn't just to get answers — it's to empower your team to think for themselves. But what if your well-meaning questions are undermining their...

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