Future of HR “The Five Questions Every Leader Should Be Asking” with Dave Stachowiak, Host of the Coaching for Leaders podcast
Mar 10, 2026
Dave Stachowiak, leadership coach and host of Coaching for Leaders, shares practical frameworks for developing leaders. He explains why tiny, consistent practices beat big bursts. He demonstrates simple questions like “How so?” to unlock real dialogue. He stresses defining success up front, treating pushback as progress, and blending AI with human coaching for the future of leadership.
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Ask How So To Unlock Honest Detail
- Use the prompt "How so?" to invite deeper, non-defensive explanation when someone gives a concise or assumptive statement.
- Dave Stachowiak learned it teaching Dale Carnegie classes and found it elicits detailed, concrete examples instead of defensive "why" answers.
How So Discovery During A Dale Carnegie Class
- Dave stumbled on "How so?" while facilitating and used it when a participant gave a brief example, prompting a detailed minute-long explanation.
- That moment convinced him to use the question routinely to uncover real behavior.
Ask For A Concrete Example After Labels
- Always ask for a specific example after someone labels a situation to reveal what they actually mean by that label.
- Dave used this to discover a client calling for "coaching" actually needed a Management 101 program.
