Asking Powerful Questions
If you want to change the conversation, change the question. Great questions do more than gather information. They shape the conversation, guide attention, and create space for people to think, feel, and decide for themselves. Whether you’re leading a meeting, coaching a colleague, selling a product, or simply trying to understand someone better, the ability to ask powerful questions is a skill that shows up everywhere.
It deepens conversations, boosts engagement, builds trust, and helps you steer toward solutions, without needing to have all the answers. A well-placed question can shift resistance into curiosity, frustration into focus, and passive listening into active ownership.
From the sales floor to the classroom, from tough feedback talks to team check-ins — how you ask is just as important as what you say. And once you get the hang of it, you’ll wonder how you ever did without it.
Through practice, reflection, and plenty of real examples, you’ll learn:
- What makes a question powerful — and why it matters
- The different types of questions, and when to use which
- How to listen actively so your next question really lands
- How to guide a conversation without taking over it
- Plenty of practice to sharpen your questioning skills in real time
This isn’t just theory — you’ll leave with sharper instincts, stronger presence, and questions that do real work.
Who is this for
This training is ideal for anyone whose work involves conversation, curiosity, or helping others think:
- Sales professionals & advisors
- Teachers, trainers & facilitators
- Team leads & managers
- Coaches, therapists & mediators
- Customer care & patient-facing staff
- Or anyone who finds themselves thinking, “I wish I’d asked a better question…”
No experience needed — just a desire to learn and lots of opportunity to practise.
Duration
This is a 1 day training.
