There are two genres of questions in converations, meetings and virtual discussions: kind and toxic.
Kind questions are questions of:
- Honestly seeking understanding of other people's good and goodness, concerns
- Revealing the upsides to an idea, the lessons learned from success and progress
- Inviting exploration of options
- Offering help, support, clarity, value
Toxic questions are questions of:
- Making someone appear uninformed, not knowledgeable, not credible
- Appearing to be more authoritative than others
- Gaining or regaining control over a conversation
- Thinly veiled criticism or rejection