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Change Your Questions, Change Your Life: 10 Powerful Tools for Life and Work: 7 Powerful Tools for Life and Work (Inquiry Institute Library) [Paperback]

Marilee G. Adams
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1 Jun 2009 1576756009 978-1576756003 2
Questions are at the core of how we listen, behave, think, and relate as individuals and organizations. Virtually everything we think and do is generated by questions. Questions push us into new territories. The future begins with our thinking, represented by the questions we ask ourselves.

Change Your Questions, Change Your Life shows readers how to consistently choose the questions that can lead them to success, both personally and professionally. This technique, called “QuestionsThinking,” stimulates innovation, accelerate productivity, and create more rewarding relationships.

Change Your Questions, Change Your Life is a personal growth fable that tells how a seasoned executive, Ben Knight, uses QuestionThinking to move into a higher leadership role and how the same methods of change help him and his wife, Grace, enrich their marriage.

Readers follow Ben as he first resists the lessons of the inquiring coach, assigned to him by his boss, Alexa Harte. Then Ben experiences breakthroughs both in his work with colleagues and in his marriage. The story of how Ben meets these challenges and ultimately succeeds is the perfect vehicle for revealing the exciting, practical new system of self-management and inquiry called QuestionThinking.

In addition to Ben’s experience, readers also learn about the powerful applications of QuestionThinking through the life experiences of secondary characters as they deal with real-life issues--from friendships to financial freedom--to which many of us can relate


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  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Berrett-Koehler; 2 edition (1 Jun 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1576756009
  • ISBN-13: 978-1576756003
  • Product Dimensions: 13.9 x 2 x 21.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 352,632 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Marilee Adams, Ph.D. is President and Chief Question Officer of the Inquiry Institute, a consultancy and educational center for leadership, individual, team, and organizational effectiveness. She is a professional speaker, executive coach, coach trainer, and facilitator. Her clients include NASA Goddard, Lockheed Martin, the Brookings Institution, the U.S. Departments of the Treasury, Education, and Interior, Federal Executive Institute, Siemens, Wachovia.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Not certain how to review this book 27 Feb 2009
By Nic Oliver VINE™ VOICE
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If you like 'business novels', and know nothing about Peter Senge's work, or Chris Argyris's for that matter, and know nothing about Action Learning then this book provides a nice way in.

On the other hand, if you are familiar with any of the above, you may have to suppress a smile that what is being presented as a 'new' concept has been around since the early 90's in organisational thinking and goes all the way back to Socrates in the wider world.

Which leaves me uncertain how to score the book; as an introduction to the subject, if you like the fiction approach, it's 5 stars. If you're looking for new ideas, it's a 2. If you're looking for a more weighty approach, or dislike the business novel format, it's a 1 or a 2. So I've avaeraged them to a 3.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A new way to ask what's going on 30 Mar 2007
By Rolf Dobelli TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Paperback
Marilee G. Adams found that she could generate positive changes in her behavior and productivity by changing the defensive questions that she previously asked in the face of adversity. Analyzing those protective questions showed her that she took setbacks and criticism too personally. Asking different questions enabled her to reframe each moment and create growth opportunities. Adams illustrates the problem-solving power of honest curiosity. Her "QuestionThinking" method generates practical ways to change your mind, literally. These are great ideas; however, their repetition within a fictional storyline may annoy some readers, while others may like this allegorical approach to telling the tale. The self-questioning techniques are easy to employ, and will help you examine situations from different points of view, which can come in quite handy. We recommend adding this set of tools to your interpersonal communication toolkit.
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176 of 199 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Relatively good work, but there are other much better books! 17 May 2005
By Lee Say Keng - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
This book is essentially a simplified version of the author's earlier scholarly work, The Art of the Question, (under her maiden name), which is primarily written from a psycho-therapeutic perspective. The latter book expounds all the core concepts found in the new book. In this respect, there isn't anything new or exciting to offer. If you have already read the author's earlier book, then you don't have to waste money in getting this book.

However, if you are looking for a much broader perspective & also deeper & systematic treatment on the art & discipline of questioning, I reckon the following books will give readers more value for money:

for the business professional:
- Smart Questions, by Gerald Nadler;
- Asking Just Right Business Questions (especially, if you are planning to start your own business);
- Key Management Questions, by Tom Lambert (if you want to improve your managerial analysis);
- 78 Important Questions Every Leader Should Ask & Answer, by Chris Clarke-Epstein (if you want to sharpen your managerial skills);
- Leading with Questions, by Michael Marquardt (if you want to refine your strategic leadership skills);

for the layman as well as business professional:
- Questions that Work, Andrew Finlayson;
- Dorothy Leeds' Smart Questions is also worth exploring;

for those working in the academic arena, please get hold of Jamie McKenzie's books on the Questioning Technology (as the author calls it); a series of educational instruction books by Nancy Johnson (e.g. Questioning Makes the Difference) is worth exploring too!

In fairness to the author, & if you are basically a beginner, the current book still gives quite an excellent & yet simple introduction to the subject. However, readers will have to contend with her storytelling approach, which I find somewhat taxing & boring. The author's unique model, 'QuestionThinking', encompassing seven simple exploration tools, & her 'Top Twelve Questions for Change,' on the other hand, are still worth exploring.

On the whole, it is relatively good work by the author, but there are other much better books as I have illustrated above.
56 of 62 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A new perspective of looking at things 28 Mar 2005
By Safiya Ahmed Mohammed - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
This book is a self-help book that offers a new perspective of looking at situations/dilemmas or any other issue. It uses 'Questions' as a way of making your attitude change from Judger (subjective) to Learner (objective). The idea of the book is told through a story with the lead character of Ben, who'd resist at first the changes, but eventually change to becoming an Inquiring person/leader.

Positive points of the books (+ve):

1- Introduces new concept of 'Question Thinking' as a tool to look at everyday life issues and solve them.

2- Key points are highlighted and printed in big bold letters making it easier to remember the concepts.

3- The book is told as a story using mainly dialogue between the characters. This offers an insight into how the character of Ben (Lead character) transforms into a wonderful Leader for his team.

4- I've read for few women who've written great books. The author is at the top of the list. I think I'll enjoy meeting her.

5- The more you apply the tools, I believe, the more you're life will be changed for the better. I'll adopt them starting now.

6- At the end of the book is a 'Workbook' chapter explaining key concepts, which makes it easier for reference.

7- The 'Question Thinking' tools have been applied well to demonstrate how useful they can be at work, firing up creativity, improving relationships, most important of all : seeing yourself in a new perspective and respectively, changing to the better.

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32 of 34 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Ticking Time Bomb of Influence 16 Sep 2005
By John Mcauley - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
While the metaphor may not be palatable - "A Ticking Time Bomb" - I have to say, it is exactly the right way to think about Dr Adams book. You read it, wander off, not realizing you just triggered the device and boom!, it goes off in your head. Sometimes it takes a jolt to move us to higher and safer ground.

Many books attempt to help us move into a more "hopeful and possible" state of mind. However, having read dozens of such books, very few are able to be grasped and remembered. Usually complex and focused on organizational theory, they offer little for the "average Joe" to implement. The power of this book can rapidly move the "average Joe" to a new height of effectiveness and position of power (so to speak). In an instant, one will move to effective behavior, sure to be noted and applauded by all - maybe even your Boss!

Well done Dr. Adams. You have made a very valuable and strategic contribution to the world of personal leadership that's sure to make our lives, families, and organizations, places of health and progress.

I actually applied the lessons in a very delicate organizational situation and the "switching question" saw a group of individuals move rapidly through, in a few hours, that which they have failed to do in almost a whole year.

Read it, lend it, discuss it and apply it. This one is going on my website [...]
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