52 Big Questions for Business Leaders | Mike Stopforth

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Unlock a new dimension in leadership by asking better questions.

Answers are overrated. In an unpredictable world, asking the right questions is significantly more powerful than clinging to stale, dated answers. What you knew yesterday won’t always take you where you need to go. Great leaders stand apart because they know how to ask themselves and their teams questions that spark insight, challenge assumptions, and drive action.

52 Big Questions for Business Leaders isn’t just a collection of prompts and provocations – it’s a guide to sharper, more intentional thinking. Whether you’re leading a start-up or a global enterprise, the questions in these pages will help you pause, reflect, and lead with clarity.

Drawing on decades of leadership experience, Mike Stopforth infuses wisdom, wit, and practical insight into the art of inquiry – because crafting big, beautiful questions is a skill worth mastering. This isn’t a book to read once and shelve; it’s a tool to return to whenever you need fresh perspective, focus, or inspiration.

In the end, great leaders aren’t defined by the answers they give – but by the questions they dare to ask.

Mike Stopforth is a serial entrepreneur, speaker, and facilitator who thrives at the intersections of leadership, technology, and impact. He is the MD of Second Rodeo, a specialist advertising agency, and the founder of Beyond Binary, a digital leadership academy. Previously, Mike started Cerebra, Africa’s leading social media agency (acquired by WPP), and co-founded Afrigator.com (acquired by Naspers). He writes Elegant Disruption, a monthly newsletter for over 4 000 business leaders, and hosts the popular One-Eyed Man podcast. Based in Cape Town, Mike holds an MSc in Social Business and Entrepreneurship from the London School of Economics and Political Science and, in his spare time, runs a family-friendly Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu studio in the Southern Suburbs.
16 Aug English South Africa Books · Business

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