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HBR Guide to Critical Thinking
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HBR Guide to Critical Thinking

by Harvard Business Review
January 2023
Beginner to intermediate
256 pages
3h 43m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
Audiobook available
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CHAPTER 9 Four Types of Questions to Achieve Four Different Goals

by Tom Pohlmann and Neethi Mary Thomas

Proper questioning has become a lost art. The curious 4-year-old asks a lot of questions, but as we grow older, our questioning decreases. In a recent poll of more than 200 of our clients, we found that those with children estimated that 70% to 80% of their kids’ dialogues with others comprised questions. But those same clients said that only 15% to 25% of their own interactions consisted of questions. Why the drop-off?

Think back to your time growing up and in school. Chances are you received the most recognition or reward when you got the correct answers. Later in life, that incentive continues. At work, we often reward those who ...

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ISBN: 9781647824471