Leaders.com
  • Login
  • Subscribe
  • Business
  • Leadership
  • Wealth
  • Master Classes
  • Business
    • Entrepreneurs
    • Executives
    • Marketing and Sales
    • Social Media
    • Innovation
    • Women in Business
  • Leadership
    • Personal Growth
    • Company Culture
    • Public Speaking
    • Productivity
    • Hiring
    • Social Issues
    • Leaders
  • Wealth
    • Investing
    • Cryptocurrency
    • Retirement
    • Venture Capital
    • Loans and Borrowing
    • Taxes
    • Markets
    • Real Estate
  • Master Classes
  • Login
  • Subscribe
Books Questions

Ryan Leak teaches you how to ask the right questions (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

By Tyler Hummel Leaders Staff

Tyler Hummel

Tyler Hummel

Tyler Hummel is a news writer for Leaders Media. He was the Fall 2021 College Fix Fellow and Health Care...

Full bio


Learn about our editorial policy

Nov 30, 2022

Learning To Ask the Right Questions 

The Problem 

Becoming a good leader is a process. It doesn’t happen overnight but one must learn what it takes through experience. You need to take control of your own growth and development in order to improve as a leader. That doesn’t mean you have to know everything though.

As executive coach Ryan Leak says, becoming a leader is about learning what questions to ask and when—not about having all of the right answers. 

In his new book Leveling Up: 12 Questions To Elevate Your Personal And Professional Development, Leak explores issues like self-awareness, teamwork, transparency, and vision and addresses strategies that will help develop and grow as a leader.   

“Being a great leader is not about having all the answers but asking the right questions—and that starts with careful introspection and inviting others to tell you what they see in you. Leveling Up helps you focus on the person you’re becoming and think about the goals you want to accomplish,” says the publisher. 

Backing up a Bit 

Ryan Leak has worked as a filmmaker on two documentaries—The Surprise Wedding and Chasing Failure—in addition to his work as an author and public speaker. He has spent most of his life in the church and Corporate America and has the experience to address leadership issues in faith and business alike. 

He works on the teaching teams of five different churches and speaking engagements regularly address hundreds of thousands of people per year. 

Possible Solutions 

By learning how to address others through your questions, Leak says that you discover answers about yourself and others that guide you and others in the right direction. Focusing on the person you are growing into and learning to lead yourself will develop the skills you need to be a proper leader for others. 

“We’ve all worked for the leader who did not know what it was like to be on the other side of their emails, on the other side of their reply-alls, on the other side of their scheduling, and on the other side of their rants. We all have to ask this question. ‘What’s it like to be on the other side of my leadership, my parenting, being married to me?’” says Leak. 

Leveling Up: 12 Questions To Elevate Your Personal And Professional Development will be published on December 6, 2022, by Thomas Nelson.

Home / News / Learning To Ask the Right Questions 
Share
FacebookTweetEmailLinkedIn

Related Stories

Dealing With the High Cost Of Eggs

by Hannah Bryan Leaders Staff
Business

Jan 27, 2023

High egg prices are driving consumers to search for potential egg replacements—including plant-based alternatives. 

Key Details

  • The price of eggs has nearly tripled since the pandemic, driven by inflationary prices and shortages caused by an avian flu outbreak. 
  • Eggs are traditionally a cheap, reliable source of protein. Their recent inaccessibility poses a problem for consumers. 
  • Consumers are turning to egg replacements and alternatives, including freeze-dried eggs and plant-based alternatives. 
  • Plant-based egg replacements are traditionally more expensive than eggs, but the price surge has changed that. 

Go deeper

FacebookTweetEmailLinkedIn

The Shows That Streamed the Most

by Savannah Young Leaders Staff
Entertainment

Jan 27, 2023

Stranger Things on Netflix is the most-watched streaming show of 2022, but Paramount+ has content that is catching up.

Key Details

  • Netflix’s Stranger Things was the most-streamed show in the U.S., with more than 52 billion minutes of viewing time over the year, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
  • That made the original series land the biggest number since The Office claimed 57.1 billion minutes of viewing during the lockdown in 2020.
  • Stranger Things had a 36% higher watch rate than the second most watched show, NCIS, only having 38.1 billion.
  • Paramount+ is moving up the ranks to compete with Netflix—Paramount+ is the second most shows with the most streams, according to The Wrap.

Go deeper

FacebookTweetEmailLinkedIn

Panasonic Doing What It Does Best

by Savannah Young Leaders Staff
Business

Jan 27, 2023

Battery maker Panasonic is optimistic that the U.S. could build another battery plant to advance toward higher electric vehicle (EV) production.

Key Details

  • In November, Panasonic broke ground on a new $4 billion factory in DeSoto, Kansas, that will create batteries for multiple customers.
  • The factory adds another 60% to Panasonic’s global battery capacity.
  • As EV growth continues, the need for battery production ramps up as well, and the president of Panasonic Energy North America, Allan Swan, is optimistic that the U.S. could build another EV battery factory.

Go deeper

FacebookTweetEmailLinkedIn
Despite economists’ recessionary outlooks, American Express CEO Stephen Squeri (left) doesn’t see a significant downturn coming soon
Business

Jan 27, 2023

Amex Chief Offers Different View Of Recession

by Savannah Young Leaders Staff
SBF family may testify
Cryptocurrency

Jan 27, 2023

The FTX Family Affair Collapse

by Hannah Bryan Leaders Staff
stock market
Markets

Jan 27, 2023

Comeback Rally Marches On

by Hannah Bryan Leaders Staff

Recent Articles

Wealth

Jan 27, 2023

How to Start Flipping Houses + 4 Mistakes That Could Bankrupt You

Learn how to start flipping houses to make a profit

Personal Growth

Jan 27, 2023

Top 10 Powerful Habits of Successful People for 2023

Try these habits for more life and career success

Business

Jan 26, 2023

How to Prepare for an Interview: 14 Tips to Get the Job

Ace your interview with these tips

  • Business
  • Leadership
  • Wealth
Join the Leaders Community

Get exclusive tools and resources you need to grow as a leader and scale a purpose-driven business.

Subscribing indicates your consent to our Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy

Leaders.com
  • Privacy Policy
  • About
  • Careers
  • Cookie Policy
  • Terms
  • Disclosures
  • Editorial Policy
  • Member Login

© 2023 Leaders.com - All rights reserved.

Search Leaders.com