The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More, and Change the Way You Lead Forever

In Michael Bungay Staniers 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 sevenessential coaching questions to demonstrate howby saying less and asking moreyou can develop coaching methods that produce great results.Get straight to the point in any conversation with The Kickstart QuestionStay on track during any interaction with The Awe QuestionSave hours of time for yourself with The Lazy Question, and hours of time for others with The Strategic QuestionGet to the heart of any interpersonal or external challenge with The Focus Question and The Foundation QuestionFinally ensure others find your coaching as beneficial as you do with The Learning QuestionA fresh innovative take on the traditional howto manual, the book combines insider information with research based in neuroscience and behavioural economics, together with interactive training tools to turnpractical advice into practiced habits. Witty and conversational, The Coaching Habit takes your workand your workplacefrom good to great.Coaching is an art and its far easier said than done. It takes courage to ask a question rather than offer up advice, provide and answer, or unleash a solution. giving another person the opportunity to find their own way, make their own mistakes, and create their own wisdom is both brave and vulnerable. In this practical and inspiring book, Michael shares seven transformative questions that can make a difference in how we lead and support. And he guides us through the tricky part how to take this new information and turn it into habits and a daily practice. Bren? Brown, author of Rising Strong and Daring GreatlyMichael Bungay Stanier distills the essentials of coaching to seven core questions. And if you master his simple yet profound technique, youll get a twofer. Youll provide more effective support to your employeesand coworkers. And you may find that you become the ultimate coach for yourself.Daniel H. Pink, author of To Sell Is Human and DriveWhat can you do to become a better leader? Michael asks and answers this question by offering aspiring leaders seven thoughtful questions that will change their leadership habits. This book is full of practical,useful and interesting questions, ideas and tools that will guide any leader trying to be better.Dave Ulrich, coauthor of The Why of Work and The Leadership CodeMichaels intelligence, wit, articulateness and dedication to the craft of coaching shine forth in this brilliant howto manual for anyone called to assist others. Even after four decades of my own experience in thisarena, The Coaching Habit has provided me with great takeaways.David Allen, author of Getting Things DoneThe Coaching Habit is funny, smart, practical, memorable and rounded in currentbehavioural science. I found it highly valuable for my own work and collaborations.James Slezak, Executive Director of Strategy, New York Times