NEW EDITION, EXPANDED AND UPDATED Great Results Begin with Great Questions In this new expanded edition of her classic international bestseller, Marilee Adams shows how the kinds of questions we ask shape our thinking and can be the root cause of many personal and organizational problems. She uses a highly instructive and entertaining story to show how to quickly recognize any undermining questions that pop into your mind—or out of your mouth—and reframe them to achieve amazingly positive and practical results. The third edition includes a new introduction and epilogue and two powerful new tools that show how Question Thinking can dramatically improve coaching and leadership. Based on Adams's decades of research and experience, this book can make a life-transforming difference—as it already has for many thousands of people around the world. “As a fellow champion of the power of questioning, I consider Marilee Adams to be one of the pioneers in this field. The storytelling format makes the book a breeze to read, while the workbook at the end shows how practical her work really is.” —Warren Berger, author of A More Beautiful Question “Marilee's writings are by far the most profound articulation of the power of the question that I've come across. It's true: we live in worlds our questions create.” —David L. Cooperrider, PhD, Professor, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University “A must-read for every coach! It illuminates a deep truth—that the questions we ask ourselves shape our chances for success and satisfaction everywhere in our lives. Change Your Questions is both practical and transformational.” —Linda J. Page, PhD, founder and President, Adler International Learning, and coauthor with David Rock of Coaching with the Brain in Mind “Our complex world demands that we ask different questions, but the power of habit throws us into the Judger Pit. Dr. Adams shows us how to get out of the Judger Pit and stay out—and how to improve our relationships, our work, and our lives with the different questions we ask.” —Jennifer Garvey Berger, PhD, coauthor of Simple Habits for Complex Times with Keith Johnston “It's hard to describe Change Your Questions without using superlatives such as life-changing, remarkable, and mind-opening. There's a reason this book has been an international bestseller . . . It has awakened readers to a new model of thinking, a new understanding of collaboration and communication . . . applicable in all aspects of life . . . It can uplift not only you, the reader, but everyone around you.” —G. Shawn Hunter, author of Out Think and cofounder and President, MindScaling “This groundbreaking work advances not only the way leaders think about leadership and coaching but how they approach life. It has opened doors for thousands of our Key Executive Leadership Program graduates, exposing them to a world of reflection, questioning, and professional and personal growth . . . transformational in every sense of the word!” —Patrick S. Malone, PhD, Director, Key Executive Leadership Programs, Department of Public Administration and Policy, American University “Question Thinking has led to a radical transformation in how our teams and leaders approach problems. It also made an immediate and sustained change in their behavior. In an organizational culture, the more that people can be taught these processes, the greater positive impact they can have on productivity and the bottom line.” —Carmella Granado, Senior Director, Organizational Effectiveness, Flextronics “Change Your Questions is an easy, fun story with profound and transformational possibilities . . . elegant, well-designed tools offer practical help for creating lasting and meaningful outcomes in every aspect of health care.” —David W. Moen, MD, Board Chair, TeamMD “This insightful approach to business and personal problem-solving is so powerful that it is surely destined to have a major impact in the business world.” —Kathy Leech, Executive Director, Corporate Brand and Advertising, Comcast “A wonderful contribution to the world of Action Learning!” —Bea Carson, PhD, cofounder and President, World Institute for Action Learning “Change Your Questions provides an invaluable road map for helping you truly understand the best way to get to the core of the issues you face. A high-impact read for every human resource and leadership development professional.” —Steve Miranda, Managing Director, ILR School, Cornell University “As a leadership coach and behavioral scientist, I know how essential it is for people to shift mindsets in order to change their behavior and their lives. Dr. Adams provides a simple and brilliant system for opening the mind so breakthroughs can occur.” —Marcia Reynolds, PsyD, author of The Discomfort Zone and Past President, International Coach Federation “Question Thinking offers patients, families, and clinicians a new paradigm for patient and relationship-centered care. This simple