Adams Marilee - Change Your Questions, Change Your Life

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Our complex world demands that we ask different questions, but the power of habit throws us into the Judger Pit. Dr. Adams shows us how to get out of the Judger Pit and stay outand how to improve our relationships, our work, and our lives with the different questions we ask.

Jennifer Garvey Berger, PhD, coauthor of Simple Habits for Complex Times with Keith Johnston

Its hard to describe Change Your Questions without using superlatives such as life-changing, remarkable, and mind-opening. Theres a reason this book has been an international bestsellerIt has awakened readers to a new model of thinking, a new understanding of collaboration and communicationapplicable in all aspects of lifeIt can uplift not only you, the reader, but everyone around you.

G. Shawn Hunter, author of Out Think and cofounder and President, MindScaling

This groundbreaking work advances not only the way leaders think about leadership and coaching but how they approach life. It has opened doors for thousands of our Key Executive Leadership Program graduates, exposing them to a world of reflection, questioning, and professional and personal growthtransformational in every sense of the word!

Patrick S. Malone, PhD, Director, Key Executive Leadership Programs, Department of Public Administration and Policy, American University

Question Thinking has led to a radical transformation in how our teams and leaders approach problems. It also made an immediate and sustained change in their behavior. In an organizational culture, the more that people can be taught these processes, the greater positive impact they can have on productivity and the bottom line.

Carmella Granado, Senior Director, Organizational Effectiveness, Flextronics

Change Your Questions is an easy, fun story with profound and transformational possibilitieselegant, well-designed tools offer practical help for creating lasting and meaningful outcomes in every aspect of health care.

David W. Moen, MD, Board Chair, TeamMD

This insightful approach to business and personal problem-solving is so powerful that it is surely destined to have a major impact in the business world.

Kathy Leech, Executive Director, Corporate Brand and Advertising, Comcast

A wonderful contribution to the world of Action Learning!

Bea Carson, PhD, cofounder and President, World Institute for Action Learning

Change Your Questions provides an invaluable road map for helping you truly understand the best way to get to the core of the issues you face. A high-impact read for every human resource and leadership development professional.

Steve Miranda, Managing Director, ILR School, Cornell University

As a leadership coach and behavioral scientist, I know how essential it is for people to shift mindsets in order to change their behavior and their lives. Dr. Adams provides a simple and brilliant system for opening the mind so breakthroughs can occur.

Marcia Reynolds, PsyD, author of The Discomfort Zone and Past President, International Coach Federation

Question Thinking offers patients, families, and clinicians a new paradigm for patient and relationship-centered care. This simple yet profound framework has the potential to transform health care.

Cynda Hylton Rushton, PhD, RN, FAAN, Anne and George L. Bunting Professor of Clinical Ethics, Berman Institute of Bioethics and School of Nursing, and Professor of Nursing and Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University

Change Your Questions resonates with me because it is not just about knowing the answers but knowing how to ask questions that can transform your life. Dr. Adamss methodology is foundational to everything I do with Appreciative Inquiry and SOARit aligns perfectly! Her Choice Map is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to learn the art of inquiryThe book contributes much to the fields of leadership and managementan easy and fun read with real-life examples and insightful wisdom to positively impact your life and the lives of those you lead.

Jacqueline M. Stavros, PhD, Professor, Lawrence Technological University; creator of SOAR; and co-editor of The Appreciative Inquiry Handbook with David L. Cooperrider and Diana Whitney

This book is an invitation to success for individuals and organizationsa surprisingly simple practice to move away from judgments that prevent success and toward learning that propels us to our goalspractical guidelines for learning organizations.

Victoria J. Marsick, PhD, coauthor of Sculpting the Learning Organization with Karen E. Watkins and Professor of Adult Education, Teachers College, Columbia University

Change Your Questions is the rare book that I use almost every day. I recently asked Learner questions to quickly transform a delicate organizational situation that for a whole year had seemed intractable The book changes paradigms, organizations, and lives. Its a classic!

John McAuley, PhD, President and CEO, The Leadership Studio at Muskoka Woods

Marilees work has been a key resource to the World Caf since its inception. Essential reading for those committed to their own success in conversations that matter.

Juanita Brown, cofounder of The World Caf and coauthor of The World Caf with David Isaacs

The response to Change Your Questions has been overwhelmingly positive. Weve shared it across our leadership teams, and were seeing how its shifting conversations and having a powerful impact for ourselves and our leaders.

Marnie Escaf, Senior Vice President, University Health Network, and Executive Lead, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, and Petrina McGrath, Vice President, People, Practice and Quality, Saskatoon Health Region

If you want to master the art of coaching, you have to master asking great questions. The fastest way to crack open any situation is to use the surgical precision of a smart question. There is no question that Marilee Adamss Change Your Questions is your go-to resource!

David Goldsmith, President, Conversant

Dr. Adamss writings and her Question Thinking work have contributed significantly to our Kent State Leadership Development Program, which received a Leadership 500 Excellence Award among educational institutions. Our colleagues report many lightbulb moments as a result of Change Your Questions and Dr. Adamss superb teaching skills. Question Thinking has totally changed the types of conversations our leaders have and has also led to measurable results in terms of their career trajectories.

Robert M. Hall, Director, Training and Organizational Development, Kent State University

Marilee demonstrates why Question Thinking is absolutely essential to organizational successand how easily it can be acquired.

Beverly Kaye, PhD, coauthor of Hello Stay Interviews, Goodbye Talent Loss with Sharon Jordan-Evans

With clarity and accessibility, Dr. Adams models a process whereby we can intentionally change our way of internal inquiry. Imagine being in conscious charge of our own thoughts! A wonderful tool for coaches, leaders, and all helping professionals.

Pamela Richarde, MA, Master Certified Coach, Past President, International Coach Federation

This fable is destined to be a classic. Buy this book and read it tonight. Your life will never be the same!

Stewart Levine, author of