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The Coaching Habit

Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever

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The Coaching Habit

By: Michael Bungay Stanier
Narrated by: Daniel Maté
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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

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Critic Reviews

"Coaching is an art, and it's far easier said than done. It takes courage to ask a question, rather than offer up advice, provide an 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. It can also mean unlearning our ''fix it'' habits. 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." (Brené Brown, author of Rising Strong and Daring Greatly)
"Daniel Maté sounds like an enthusiastic teacher as he narrates this upbeat lesson.... His entertaining phrasing and authentic presence give the author's ideas extra power." ( AudioFile)
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loved this book. great tools for managing teams and helping you with your self development in coaching. I am using the tools to help me drill down to real challenges. thank you Michael

inspirational

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If you could sum up The Coaching Habit in three words, what would they be?

Practical, Inspiring and Do-able

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The Coaching Habit is a practical guide to making any Coach, Manager and Leader more effective. Putting into practice the 7 questions has transformed the way I deal with my clients, my staff and collaborators and even my family.

Cuts Through the Noise about Coaching

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Excellent and implementable. No buzzword bulltish. It might be that both he and I are from Australia and we don't stand for management bulltish, but he cuts through and it is very relatable and useful.

Excellent and implementable. No buzzword bulltish

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I really enjoyed this book. Punchy. Practical. Lots of great references for going deeper into particular subjects and research which underpin the recommended approaches. A great read and pilot’s manual for any leader.

Exactly what it says

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A really practical approach to empowering people through asking better,more curious questions. Completely and realistically actionable.

ask better questions

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what a great book full of actionable and useful tools. Every leader must read this book

brilliant book

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Loved every single point that was made, full of proper content and no time wasted on nonsense

Loved it!

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If you are new to coaching, or even if you aren't then this is the book for you. The tips and the explanations are fantastic and it makes things so clear and easy that anyone can follow it and see results!

The go to coaching book!

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I found this book to be incredibly helpful with the 7 questions as well as understanding the drama cycle & motivations & needs behind the wants of people.

I also appreciated how many references were made to other passionate experts in their fields were made so I could discover more of other influences.

A great book I so appreciated & would recommend to any person genuinely interested in being a part of the transformation journey for people so they step forward into their own greatness rather than rely on you or anyone as a coach.

Many gold nuggets to garner here!

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cuts through the crap most other books dish out and gets straight to the point of useful advise.

worth your time

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