If you approached this book with questions about leadership, I hope I was able to answer some of them for you. As you learn more about leadership and develop as a leader, you will probably find that the questions never end. I’ve been studying leadership for more than forty years and I’m still looking for answers to new questions. It’s at the heart of my continued growth as a leader and as a human being.
Just as importantly, I hope you have a new appreciation for questions and have begun to make asking questions a regular discipline in your life. Every day I still ask myself the same questions I discussed in chapter two. They continue to guide my leadership and help me to be accountable for the gifts and advantages I have been given.
And the questions I ask my team have been indispensible to my success as a leader. No leader can know everything, be an expert in everything, or do everything. It takes a team to be successful. By asking questions, I harness the horsepower of every member of my team, and together we pull the weight of the organizations.
As you move forward, remember that good leaders ask great questions. They may not always know the answers, but they are made better simply by asking them.