2016 Voice Arts Award Finalist
Coaching is an essential skill for leaders. But for most busy, overworked managers, coaching employees is done badly, or not at all. They’re just too busy, and it’s too hard to change.
But what if managers could coach their people in 10 minutes or less?
In Michael Bungay Stanier’s The Coaching Habit, coaching becomes a regular, informal part of your day so managers and their teams can work less hard and have more impact.
Drawing on years of experience training more than 10,000 busy managers from around the globe in practical, everyday coaching skills, Bungay Stanier reveals how to unlock your peoples’ potential. He unpacks seven essential coaching questions to demonstrate how – by saying less and asking more – you can develop coaching methods that produce great results.
Get straight to the point in any conversation with The Kickstart Question
Stay on track during any interaction with The Awe Question
Save hours of time for yourself with The Lazy Question, and hours of time for others with The Strategic Question
Get to the heart of any interpersonal or external challenge with The Focus Question and The Foundation Question
especially the ones that like to give advice because it’s easier I train coaches, especially the ones that like to give advice because it’s easier. For a lot of reasons. As a result, I got a kick out of the haiku on page 59″Talk less and ask moreYour advice is not as goodAs you think it is”This really takes what, for many is a complex and intimidating process and simplifies it. I got the book on Saturday, and had it read before I went to bed. It’s not short…it’s just that good.Too many managers have been…
Get this book NOW! I read a lot, like 5 books a week, and I can’t say enough about this book.First off when you pick up this book, it just feels light and beautiful.The way it’s presented is just plain amazing and simple. The words and writing isn’t clutter or “filled” up. You get actionable steps to put into practice for yourself and clients. Not many coaching books or books in general really get to the point. He doesn’t talk about meaningless things that bore you…
The Best Coaching Question in the World Oh, my.MEMO TO EVERY PERSON IâVE PRETENDED TO COACH OR MENTOR: Iâm so, so sorry! Honest!Hereâs why. This month I was a learner in a seminar with CEOs and board chairs. The highly energetic, wise and witty facilitator was Michael Bungay Stanier, the author of the hot-off-the-press book, âThe Coaching Habit.âAt a coffee break, halfway through the three-hour, how-to-coach practicum, I told Stanier thatâalreadyâthe seminar was on my Top-10 list of best workshops…