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Why Great Leaders Ask Great Questions

The 7 essential reflections for every aspiring leader

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Why Great Leaders Ask Great Questions

By: Steve Mostyn
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 Aspiring leaders are hungry to learn all that they can about how to be a more effective leader. And certainly there are tools and best practices young leaders should know and add to their toolkit.

But - as Steve Mostyn, one of the world's leading innovators in executive leadership, has learned over the past decades of teaching this cohort - two equally useful activities for the aspiring leader are reflection and experimentation.

In his new book WHY GREAT LEADERS ASK GREAT QUESTIONS, Mostyn has crafted an elegant collection of the seven provocative questions aspiring leaders should ask themselves in order to spur that reflection and experimentation. These are some of the most important questions Mostyn poses to each cohort of the Oxford Executive Leadership program's students, honed by the past answers and engagement of thousands of students.

The book is simple in conception, profound in execution. In seven accessible chapters, with exercises, research, and examples, the reader will engage with these questions:
How do I reflect?
How do I spend my time?
Where does my power come from?
How do I grow my network?
How do I make change happen around here?
How do I manage my energy?
How do I grow more leaders?

Inspired in part by Mostyn's work on the Oxford Executive Leadership Programme - an accelerated international leadership development program with over 5,000 alumni around the world - and in part by his numerous workshop sessions where he challenges and supports leaders through his unique questions, the premise of the book is well-tested with aspiring and practicing leaders and is proven to spark both reflection and growth.

These seven questions are drawn from the author's deep experience with the needs of rising young executives. Readers will engage with provocative exercises, highly accessible overviews of applicable research, and examples from fellow mid-career executives.©2025 Steve Mostyn Career Success Leadership Management & Leadership Mentoring & Coaching Thought-Provoking
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Easy to apply -insights on leadership presented in a clear way, based on sound experience.

clear and to the point

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Profound questions, practically posed. Steve Mostyn guides everyone interested in leadership through a progressive sequence of questions that we will all benefit from answering. While some of the questions seem simple at first, they are all positively provocative. I really enjoyed the challenge of considering my responses. I will return to these questions many times.

Do you want to know what to ask?

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Really like how the book moves easily between theory to support the main thesis, and practical exercises that leaders can do to improve their, and more importantly, others contribution, performance and enjoyment. Works for leaders at all levels.

The quiet power of questions

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