Follow the detour and reach your destination faster!

When you encounter roadworks or a road closure while driving, you can rely on diversion signs to guide you quickly and safely to your destination. But what if you encounter an obstacle at work?

If you are stuck at work or in your private life, there is also a helpful diversion system. The Leading Simple management system defines four so-called "control buttons" for this purpose:

1. Goals,
2. Self-confidence,
3. Knowledge, and
4. Experience.

By Developing Questions these control buttons through Developing Questions , you will lead yourself and your employees directly to the goal. Because: You can guide and redirect yourself and others.

Redirecting not only helps when obstacles arise. It also helps managers find out where their employees currently stand and where they are headed. Redirecting therefore also means creating new opportunities to praise employees.

If, as leader , you leader that your employee's development is stalling or that they have lost their way toward their goal, don't tell them in minute detail what they should and shouldn't do and when. Instead, make sure they recognize, reflect on, and ultimately overcome their own situation and the obstacles they are currently facing. In this way, you will not only help them achieve their goal, but also ensure that they develop. That is your job as leader!

You can directly activate your employees' self-management by asking the following developmental questions:

1. Objectives

• How clearly do you see your project as a finish line between 1 and 10?
• How precisely do you see the interim goals? How many are there?
• How accurately can you measure your goals on a scale of 1 to 10?
• How exactly do you see the time frame?

2. Self-confidence

• How sure are you that you will achieve the goal?
• What successes would help you achieve your goal?
• Is it just about you, or is it about others too?
• Had you experienced something similar in the past and then successfully overcome it?

3. Knowledge

• What knowledge could help you achieve this goal?
• Do you know where you can acquire this knowledge?
• If you had this knowledge, what impact would it have on achieving your goal?
• Do you know a person, a book, or a training course that can provide you with the knowledge you need to achieve your goal?

4. Experience

• How would you rate your level of experience with regard to this project?
• What additional experience could help you achieve this goal?
• Where could you gain experience?
• What impact would this experience have on your goal achievement?

Developing Questions the respondent's awareness of their determination, self-confidence, knowledge, or experience in relation to a specific task. In other words, they describe the present. And they are aimed at the future, because as the name suggests, their purpose is to help the employee develop further. It is not without reason that people say, "The quality of your leadership is the quality of your questions."

Try it out today. You will see that redirecting is easy and very effective at the same time! If your own development ever stalls, feel free to ask yourself these questions.