Chris Fenning explains how to ask questions more effectively: ask first, pause for an answer, then explain why you're asking. Separating the question from your reasoning keeps people focused and gets you faster answers.
How to ask questions tip number 9: Separate the question from why you're asking it. When we ask questions, it's very easy to explain— ask the question and then explain the reason why we're asking it. Hey, I'd like your help with this. Now, the reason I want your help is because I'm struggling with yada yada yada. That is a very natural way of speaking, but we need to make sure we separate the question from why we're asking it. If we don't do this, we run the risk of people forgetting the question that we've asked because they're concentrating on the reason why we're asking it. We also distract the people that we're asking because we focus their attention on our need rather than on the question that we want them to answer. It also takes longer to get the information that we want. So if you ask a question and then explain for 2 minutes why you need the question answered, You've taken 2 minutes longer to get the answer. You can cut that out and hopefully get your answer much faster. So how do you do this? Well, it starts by forming the question that you want the answer to. Make sure you know the question. Then when you've asked it, pause and allow the other person to answer. If they need to know why you're asking it, they can ask you. But for the most part, people will just answer your question and you can both move on with your days. So, if you want to ask good questions, make sure you separate the question from why you're asking it.
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