The Coaching Habit

“My No. 1 book on coaching” – “Insanely practical and concise.”
In The Coaching Habit, Michael Bungay Stanier shows you how coaching can become a regular, informal part of your day, so you and your team can work more efficiently and have more impact.
Bungay Stanier reveals how to unlock your peoples’ potential, skills he has taught to over 10,000 busy managers from all over the globe. He’ll show you how his seven essential coaching questions allow you–by saying less and asking more–to develop coaching methods that produce great results.
The Kickstart Question gets straight to the point in any conversation
The Awe Question keeps you on track during any interaction
The Lazy Question saves hours of time for yourself, and The Strategic Question saves hours of time for others
The Focus Question and The Foundation Question get to the heart of any interpersonal or external challenge
The Learning Question ensures others find your coaching as beneficial as you do
Offering a fresh take on the how-to manual

The Coaching Habit combines business savvy with research in neuroscience and behavioural economics, as well as interactive training tools that turn practical advice into practiced habits. Witty and conversational, this audiobook takes your work–and workplace–from good to great.
Michael Bungay Stanier, is the founder and Senior Partner of Box of Crayons. Founded in 2002 in Toronto, Canada, Box of Crayons teaches organizations to do less Good Work and to do more Great Work. Focused on helping busy managers coach in 10 minutes or less, their Fortune 500 clients include Kraft, Gartner, TD Bank, and VMWare. Purchase the print or ebook editions here: www.boxofcrayons.biz
Michael Bungay Stanier distills the essentials of coaching to seven core questions. And if you master his simple yet profound technique, you’ll get a two-fer. You’ll provide more effective support to your employees and co-workers. And you may find that you become the ultimate coach for yourself. Daniel H. Pink, author of To Sell Is Human and Drive
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. 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.