Welcome to the Andy Stanley Leadership Podcast. A conversation designed to help leaders

go further faster. On today's podcast, we'll talk about a question that every leader should

ask. Andy, one of the ideas that we often discuss on the podcast is it's just the power

of a good question. Today we're going to unpack a great one, but before we get to that,

give our listeners an idea of why questions are so valuable. Those of us who've been around

leaders, we admire, pick up pretty quickly that great leaders ask questions. In fact, great

leaders ask great questions. There have been two or three occasions where I've been with

men and women that I respect in terms of what they've accomplished as leaders. And I've

noticed that I find myself doing too much of the talking and I'm thinking, why am I talking?

I want them to talk. But the reason I talk and the reason other people around them talk

is they are relentless in the questions they ask. They ask personal questions. They ask

organizational questions. I've been with men and women who lead far larger organizations

than I'll ever lead. And they ask me questions about our organization. And I think, why

do you care? What could you possibly learn from what I'm doing? But great leaders ask

great questions. Andy, I've heard you say that great questions really accomplish three

things. What are those? You know, great questions. They do at least three things. Questions

reveal values, questions, reinforce values. And ultimately, questions reinforce behavior.

So let me unpack each one of those for just a second. So when I say that questions reveal

our values, when you think about the questions that you ask over and over and over, essentially

what you're saying is this is what's important. This is what's important. This is what's

important. For example, if we tell our kids, you know, you really should do your best.

Do your best. Do your best. But we always ask, what did you make? What did you make? What

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