Inquisitive Leadership with Frederica Peterson
Inquisitive leadership begins with one simple shift: asking better questions instead of trying to have all the answers.
What if the most powerful leadership skill isn’t certainty—but curiosity?
In this episode of Write Your Outcome, Michele Phillips sits down with Frederica Peterson, award-winning executive coach, leadership architect, and author of Inquisitive Leadership: A New Approach to Cultivating High Performance. Together, they explore how curiosity can transform the way we lead, communicate, and inspire others.
For many leaders, the pressure to have every answer feels overwhelming. However, Frederica believes the strongest leaders don’t create followers—they create thinkers. Through what she calls courageous curiosity, leaders build trust, encourage innovation, and help others reach their full potential.
Throughout the conversation, Michele and Frederica discuss why many adults lose the curiosity they naturally possessed as children and how rediscovering that mindset can unlock stronger relationships, better decisions, and higher-performing teams.
Frederica also introduces her CAPP Managed Performance Model, a leadership framework built on Connection, Assessment, People, and Purpose. Rather than leading through control, the model encourages leaders to create environments where people feel valued, challenged, and empowered to contribute their best work.
Whether you’re leading a company, managing a team, building a business, or simply working on becoming a better leader in your own life, this episode offers practical insights you can begin applying immediately.
Because writing your outcome doesn’t begin with having all the answers.
It begins by asking a better question.
About Frederica Peterson
Frederica Peterson is a two-time bestselling author, award-winning executive coach, and leadership architect. She is the creator of the CAPP Managed Performance Model and author of Inquisitive Leadership: A New Approach to Cultivating High Performance. Over her career, she has coached and trained more than 1,000 executives across organizations including NASA, Accenture, Prudential, Honeywell, and the NBA. Her work focuses on helping leaders drive performance through connection, courageous curiosity, and human-centered leadership.
Connect with Frederica Peterson
- Book: Inquisitive Leadership: A New Approach to Cultivating High Performance
- Executive Coaching & Leadership Development: Frederica Peterson Consulting
- LinkedIn: Frederica Peterson
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