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Humble Inquiry: The Gentle Art Of Asking Instead Of Telling (2013)

by Edgar H. Schein(Favorite Author)

3.75 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1609949811 (ISBN13: 9781609949815)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Berrett-Koehler Publishers

review 1: The value of asking questions based in genuine curiosity and interest (rather than telling people what you think) in building relationships, particularly for the person with higher status in the relationship. The author was a business school professor and a consultant, and the work is addressed to leaders in various positions, the type of people he might have helped professionally. Also, I felt he was used to presenting his material to largely male audiences. Nonetheless, there are many insights for the ordinary person as well.
review 2: In my workplace, we often speak of putting on our humility pants. The reality is that sometimes we are so wrapped up in what we need to accomplish, we miss each other, or do something stupid, or fail to ask the right and necess... moreary questions. Figuratively putting on and announcing that we are putting on our humility pants signals a different intention, and makes the shift required a little easier, asking ourselves to be more mindful of what is and what is not and the limits of our knowing. Reading Edgar Schein is itself an act of practicing humility, because of the insightful questions Schein asks us to consider, and the tough and yet joyful practices recommended. Edgar Schein's work invites us all into being more mindful and more creative as necessary parts of practicing humility, to live with curiosity and respect and with less assumption and negative judgment. I only wish I had met this book earlier in my life. Recommended for community and congregational leaders as well as the business managers the book means to reach. less

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