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pandaio's review against another edition
3.0
Walks the reader through leveraging questions to change your mindset/perspective, and therefore shape the way you view scenarios through the use of a story. This was an effective way to get the point across.
This was a good read and equips the reader with practical questions to utilize in their daily life.
This was a good read and equips the reader with practical questions to utilize in their daily life.
papidoc's review against another edition
3.0
With an amateurish story, written to illustrate (and advertise) her methods, a consultant describes "QT," or question thinking. While I like the methods, I don't believe the story goes far enough to successfully show how to use the methods in real life. Rather, it is clearly a book-length advertisement for the program, and an attempt to get the reader to visit Adams' website and presumably enroll in training or purchase other materials to flesh out the methods.
The methods themselves are grounded in principles of communication that stand the test of time, most of which can be found in other sources as well, and often better illustrated and explained. For example, I would recommend readers interested in pursuing similar ideas to Crucial Conversations or Crucial Accountability, both from VitalSmarts, or to Difficult Conversations, by Bruce Patton. And certainly there are other books that illustrate methods grounded in the principles. I teach (or have taught) classes using all of these books, and highly recommend them. I am not affiliated with the associated companies or authors in other respects.
In short, avoid judging others unfairly, become curious and seek to learn, and ask questions designed to elicit creative and positive responses, and (not surprisingly) people will generally respond in productive ways.
The methods themselves are grounded in principles of communication that stand the test of time, most of which can be found in other sources as well, and often better illustrated and explained. For example, I would recommend readers interested in pursuing similar ideas to Crucial Conversations or Crucial Accountability, both from VitalSmarts, or to Difficult Conversations, by Bruce Patton. And certainly there are other books that illustrate methods grounded in the principles. I teach (or have taught) classes using all of these books, and highly recommend them. I am not affiliated with the associated companies or authors in other respects.
In short, avoid judging others unfairly, become curious and seek to learn, and ask questions designed to elicit creative and positive responses, and (not surprisingly) people will generally respond in productive ways.
myra_c's review against another edition
4.0
Asking questions instead of stating answers is a powerful concept that can change relationships. I can't say I'm a fan of the presentation and format of the book. It felt a little stilted to have the major points presented as a story. But I've already used the ideas in this book to impact my thinking and I believe this could be very impactful to my leadership.
jillccox's review against another edition
4.0
This book is cheesy and the storytelling is poor. BUT I gave it four stars because the information was so helpful. I really needed to hear it and have already found greater peace and greater results by beginning to implement it.
mochikoreads's review against another edition
2.0
Choice Map is a good framework for leadership, but the book was unnecessarily long and repetitive. Everything could've been summarized in a paragraph