IF you're a parent, chances are you'd have given lots of directions to your children.
It's usually easier and faster to just ask them to do something, as opposed to rationalising and explaining it.
Since parents are leaders at home, the same behaviour may also be prevalent in leaders at work.

IF you’re a parent, chances are you’d have given lots of directions to your children. It’s usually easier and faster to just ask them to do something, as opposed to rationalising and explaining it. Since parents are leaders at home, the same behaviour may also be prevalent in leaders at work.

LEADING LIFE: Directing versus asking questions