I know an amazing guitar luthier. Before building someone a guitar, he asks lots of questions. He also insists on watching you play guitar. The other day, I observed a team working through their strategy. The most experienced person in the room asked LOTS of questions. They were good questions. She also insisted that the team do more research. They needed more information.
Have you every experienced a situation where someone asks a lot of questions only to be that person who asks a lot of questions to position themself as the expert?
Tolerable if the questions are helpful, but super annoying when not …
I've definitely seen this. I wonder if this is a reflection of that stage in your experience where 'running the right process' is more important than anything - better to get to the end of the meeting agenda than talk about the most important thing and get stuck, because at least then the process is moving...
Have you every experienced a situation where someone asks a lot of questions only to be that person who asks a lot of questions to position themself as the expert?
Tolerable if the questions are helpful, but super annoying when not …
I've definitely seen this. I wonder if this is a reflection of that stage in your experience where 'running the right process' is more important than anything - better to get to the end of the meeting agenda than talk about the most important thing and get stuck, because at least then the process is moving...
John, in your pov, what could she, the "Pesky-Questions asker" have done on this case? How do we spread good practices up the chain/leadership team?