Episode 70: Decoding the Intelligence of Answers with Brian Glibkowski

Did you know that there are six different answer styles and which one you choose gives clues to your personality type? Researcher and author Dr. Brian Glibkowski joins Mike this week to discuss his research into answer intelligence and how you can learn how to raise your AQ.

Dr. Brian Glibkowski is the creator of Answer Intelligence. He is an author, researcher, and futurist who authored an article on questions that has been recognized by the Association of Human Resource Development as one of ten articles that will shape the 21st century.

• The function of questions and answers
• Six different answer types
• The five high AQ practices
• How to choose which answer type to use to influence the person you’re speaking with
• Why it’s important to recognize others’ preferred communication styles
• Why you should learn to recognize the type of answers people are looking for and use those types of answers to boost your influence 
• Why you should learn to be flexible and be able to use answer types other than the ones you prefer to use

• “What is the function of an answer? The function of an answer is to influence.” —Brian Glibkowski
• “If you don’t provide that right answer, then your credibility goes down.” —Brian Glibkowski
• “We have to sort of be aware and mindful of the answers we prefer and being open to other answers.” —Brian Glibkowski
• “If you don’t have the intelligence to communicate something as an answer, what good is it related to emotional intelligence? You can have the ability to understand what someone else is going through. If you can’t provide a story, you know, to make them feel comfortable, what good is it? So to me, this is the relationship between these constructs, emotional intelligence, and cognitive intelligence.” —Brian Glibkowski

• Brian’s LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/glibkowski/ 
• Brian’s website: https://www.raiseyouraq.com/ 
• Brian’s book, Answer Intelligence: Raise Your AQ: https://www.amazon.com/Answer-Intelligence-Raise-Your-Aq/dp/1839828730 
• Brian’s TEDx Talk: https://www.raiseyouraq.com/learn.html?data-anchor-link=tedx 
• Explorer IQ Free Assessment: https://www.raiseyouraq.com/explore.html 

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