Leadership Memo 2025-3
Great leaders don’t just provide the right answers; they know how to ask the right questions.
In business, a good answer may solve today’s problem, impress a boss, or satisfy a client. But what happens when the next challenge arises? The ability to ask good questions is what truly sets leaders apart.
Great questions help us:
🔹 Clarify what’s known and unknown
🔹 Reframe problems with fresh perspectives
🔹 Challenge assumptions and uncover blind spots
🔹 Identify real constraints and hidden opportunities
🔹 Foster transparency and trust within teams
A great question creates a framework for continuous learning, deeper thinking, and stronger decision-making.
So, what makes a great question?
Beyond the basic Who, What, Why, Where, and When, great questions go a step further. Here are five powerful types of questions to help you think deeper and make better decisions:
- Factual: What are the facts at hand? What do we truly know versus what we assume?
- Creative: If I were completely new to this, how would I see the problem?
- Present: What do we have available right now to take the next step?
- Challenging: And? (This simple question forces clarity and challenges assumptions.)
- Subtextual: If we weren’t in this room, what would you actually think or say?
Members of the C-suite don’t have all the right answers—no one does. Instead, the best leaders cultivate the habit of asking better questions.
This principle is at the heart of Kingdom Factor Cohorts (KFC). It’s a mastermind for business leaders who want to ask better questions about their businesses, decisions, and faith, grounded in the ultimate source of wisdom: Scripture.
Two weeks ago, I hosted a free taster session, and attendees left energized. They experienced firsthand how faith and business align, not just through advice and strategies, but through biblically sound principles that shape how we think, ask, and act.
Here’s what one attendee shared after the event:
“For over a year, I searched for a mastermind group grounded in biblical wisdom. I had mentors, but their advice often felt inconsistent—based on personal experience and emotions rather than enduring truth. When I attended the Kingdom Factor launch event, I got even more excited. It was more than I expected or imagined, and it’s all built on the wisdom of Scripture. This is exactly what I was looking for!”
If this resonates with you, I have great news: The first Kingdom Factor Cohort starts on April 23!
If you’re a business leader who wants:
- Guidance based on biblical principles rather than shifting opinions
- A mastermind community that sharpens and strengthens you
- A space to align faith and business without compromise
Then this is your invitation. Contact me to see how you can join.
Latest happenings:
Is AI eliminating jobs or creating new opportunities? Will algorithms liberate workers or constrain them? What role do humans play in the future of work? If you’re pondering these questions, join us next week at SFBABAM (San Francisco Bay Area Business Agility Meetup) as Jurgen Appelo unpacks insights from his latest book, “Human Robot Agent”. Don’t miss this chance to explore the real impact of AI—beyond the hype and doom. Register now!
When: 8 April 11:30am PDT, 2:30pm EDT, 18:30 UTC, 20:30 CEST | 9 April 6:30am NZST
