On The Court Series: Why Your Team Isn’t Giving You Their Best Thinking
Transform challenges Into opportunities by getting on the leadership court with a brand new practice.
At The Alchemy Group, we’re passionate about equipping leaders with transformative practices that elevate teams, strengthen relationships, and achieve sustainable results.
In this week’s video, one of our executive coaches, Veronica Alweiss, shares a game changing practice that has consistently helped frustrated leaders elevate team engagement and innovation.
What if the quality of the results you get as a leader is directly related to the quality of the questions you ask?
A client — the president of a company facing a downturn — was holding long, urgent strategy meetings with his executive team. Despite all the effort, no new thinking was emerging. He was stuck. They were stuck. He asked: “How do I get them to show up differently?”
So, together he and Veronica examined the questions he was asking. Most began with “why”, and he was listening for right or wrong answers. The room, already heavy with fear and uncertainty, grew even more contracted. He wasn’t creating space for creativity — he was triggering survival mode. So, they reworked his approach and he learned how to craft “Level Eight Questions”.
In the client’s next leadership meeting, he prepared his team with three Level Eight Questions. The result? A 6-hour meeting turned into 2. They solved three major problems, created aligned next steps — and their numbers began to shift. That’s the power of asking better questions.
In this video, you’ll discover:
The simple shift in how you ask questions that sparks fresh thinking, faster decisions, and stronger team engagement
What a Level 8 question is—and why it’s the go-to coaching tool for leaders navigating high-stakes challenges
A real-world case study of how one executive cut meeting time by two-thirds and solved three critical business problems using this exact approach
Reflection Question
Are the questions you’re asking designed to open new perspectives — or are they just reinforcing old assumptions? Instead of pushing harder, ask smarter.
If you're willing, hit reply and share the best Level Eight question you come up with — We’d love to hear them.
P.S. Here's a powerful way into a "HELL YES" .... by saying "hell yes" to the Alchemy Leadership Experience
