639 - Stop Being Afraid to Ask Questions at Work

Modern Mentor

Macmillan Holdings, LLC

Careers, Business, Management

4.3 • 720 Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2021

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Do you ask questions at work? If you've been afraid that asking questions will make you seem incompetent or lazy, it's time to embrace the power of the Q! Here's how to ask the questions that will help you find solutions, get creative, and forge connections with your colleagues. Read the transcript. Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows. Subscribe to the newsletter for regular updates. Join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Links: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/business-career/asking-great-questions https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcasts https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribe https://www.facebook.com/QDTModernMentor https://twitter.com/QDTModernMentor https://www.linkedin.com/company/modern-mentor-podcast/

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0:00.0	Welcome to this week's episode of the Modern Mentor Podcast. I'm your host, Rachel Cook. Today's episode of the Modern Mentor Podcast.
0:22.4	I'm your host, Rachel Cook.
0:24.3	Today's episode is all about why we're so afraid to ask questions at work.
0:29.0	And the amazing things that asking the right questions can unlock for us.
0:33.2	So let's talk about how to get over that fear and make you the smartest asker in the room.
0:39.5	Here's a thing that happens to me all the time.
0:42.8	I'm facilitating a meeting with a team of executives and they're discussing a complex part of their business.
0:48.9	I pause to ask a quote unquote dumb question.
0:52.9	The ability to ask questions like that is one of the perks of
0:55.9	being an outsider looking in. But instead of getting an articulate answer to my question,
1:01.7	I get blank stares. People blush and clear their throats. Why? Because the question that seemed
1:08.2	so simple to me is one that none of them actually knows the answer to.
1:12.7	And it's not because they're not smart enough.
1:14.9	They've just never thought to ask.
1:17.2	Why are we so afraid to ask questions?
1:20.0	Part of why I love my job is that I'm paid to ask questions.
1:24.3	Asking lies at the heart of facilitation.
1:27.1	A great question is often the fastest path to an answer or a new discovery.
1:32.2	But so many people fear asking questions.
1:35.6	If you're one of them, there could be lots of underlying reasons keeping you from asking the questions that would help you make progress.
1:42.9	Maybe you're afraid you'll seem incompetent or that
1:46.0	you're not able to figure things out for yourself. Maybe you're worried you'll slow the work down
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