If your the leader, then you must be prepared to do this for every question you ask

A good leader won’t ask his/her followers to do anything that they themselves aren’t prepared to do.

With this being said, whenever a leader asks a question, they should be prepared to respond to the question themselves.

This can apply for introductory sharing questions - What do you do? How old are you?

Or deeper exploratory questions - What is your favourite childhood memory? Where do you see yourself in five years?

Or probing biblical enquires- What jumps out at you about this passage? How do you think you can apply this passage to your week ahead?

If a leader poses a question to the group, they should provide the first or the last answer.

This, first, provides safety for other people to share.

Second, if the leader answers first, then it can provide a launching board for others to follow.

Finally, it’s unfair that a leader should ask for others to be vulnerable if others (or more dishonestly, the leader secretly) are aware that the leader themselves won’t be prepared to share.