When men make coaching an everyday way of working and doing, they create more focus, more courage, and more resilience. Michael Bungay Stanier makes the art of coaching practical, achievable and powerful. This is a skill we all need develop as we strive to become the best version of ourselves!
Michael says, “If you’re a human being that interacts with other human beings, then coaching is powerful… it’s for everyone!”
Michael Bungay Stanier is a Rhodes Scholar and a powerful thinker who has been recognized as one of the Global Gurus in coaching.
This is a resource episode of The Great Bloke Project Podcast that is designed to introduce (or reintroduce) men to a fundamental skill that has the ability to change the dynamics of your closest relationships and redefine how you lead and work.
Michael has written a number of books. His latest, the Wall Street Journal bestseller The Coaching Habit, has sold over half a million copies. Michael Bungay Stanier is the founder of Box of Crayons a company best known for teaching 10-minute coaching so that busy leaders and managers can build stronger teams and get better results.
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Lot of great lessons in our conversation including:-
- Why you may find coaching weird and why it may not have worked for you in the past.
- The reason we should you stay curious longer and rush to advice giving and action a little slower.
- How do we become advice giving maniacs?
- The power of a question and how it has the ability to empower.
- Why coaching takes courage and why it opens the door for servant leadership.
- The usefulness of being “lazy”
Quotes
“Be Lazy, Be Curious, Be Often”
“Are you willing to play the bigger game, help someone grow, empower them and go for the bigger win?”
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