Powerful Inquiry

Leaders, develop your capacity for social-emotional intelligence and foster growth, openness, and trust in your staff using Powerful Inquiry. The authors provide tools and resources that encourage principals, team leaders, and district leaders to challenge the traditional leadership model, welcome all voices, and establish an evolving learning organization that benefits everyone. Learn how leading with questions can support building specific leadership competencies.

K–12 school and district leaders can use this book to:

• Develop a learning organization using inquiry-based strategies, tools, and frameworks
• Establish a growth mindset within themselves and their colleagues
• Acknowledge bias and address any resistance getting in the way of change
• Foster an environment of psychological safety and interpersonal trust
• Distinguish between empowering and disempowering questions
• Promote equity and inclusion by giving voice to marginalized individuals
• Build the capacity for self-awareness in themselves and their staff

Contents: Introduction
Part I: The Individual Leader
Chapter 1: Leading With Questions to Build the Mindset and Skillset for Leaders
Chapter 2: Leading With Questions to Build Emotional Intelligence
Chapter 3: Leading With Questions to Create a Psychologically Safe Space to Lead and Learn
Chapter 4: Leading With Questions to Promote Authentic Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Chapter 5: Leading With Questions to Break Through Immunity to Change
Part II: The Team Leader
Chapter 6: Leading With Questions to Build High-Performing Teams
Chapter 7: Leading With Questions to Promote Team Learning
Chapter 8: Leading With Questions to Promote Diversity, Inclusivity, Equity, and Belonging for Teams
Part III: The System Leader
Chapter 9: Leading With Questions to Develop a Learning Organization
Chapter 10: Leading With Questions to Promote Districtwide Change and Transformation
Final Thoughts
Appendix
References and Resources
Index