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