Management isn’t about having all the answers.
It’s about knowing how to ask the questions that are easiest to avoid.
The ones that open real conversations.
That don’t go down easy.
That don’t start with “How’s that task going?”
So here are five questions that changed the way I talk to my team.
And sometimes… the way I talk to myself.
What do you need from me that I’m probably not seeing? (It feels risky. It’s also incredibly valuable.)
If I disappeared for a week what wouldn’t happen here? (A good answer can show you your real value or where you’re over-involved.)
What’s hardest for you to say to me? (Not a question about weakness. A question about trust.)
When did you give your 100% and get nothing in return? (It hurts. But it tells you what really matters to your people.)
What am I not asking that I should be? (This is the question of managers who know that real leadership starts with what’s left unsaid.)
This isn’t a checklist.
It’s a key.
Ask one this week.
Just one.
And see what happens when you ask not to check a box
but to truly listen.
Heart of Management 
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