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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 audiobook and even ordered the paperback version for myself to refer to in the future

great book. ordered the paperback too!

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A but drawn out but generally good advice that can easily be put into practice.

Good advice

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I first listened to this as an audiobook and have since bought the physical book to refer back to. The 7 essential questions are incredibly simple but incredibly impactful. The AWE question is probably my most used question now. Loads of helpful videos on YouTube… next up The Advice Trap

Helpful and practical

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its easy listening but I think it's quite basic.
nothing new and way to much plugging of the website.
in my opinion there are better options for coaching books , coaching for performance, co=active coaching for example

nothing new but ok

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Very clear and concise, easy to follow. I will definitely recommend this to my colleagues

Great tips and tricks

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This is a fantastic book, easy to read and packed for practical advice to improve your coaching habits at any level.

Simple valuable advice everyone can learn from

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I've been coaching for quite some time, internally and externally, and this book brought me back to the centre of the coaching process yet again. Fantastic content.

Very useful and to the point

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I loved listening to this so much that I've bought the paperback too, as there was so much that I wanted to wrote down and not forget! There are lots of activities in the book (e.g. write down your new coaching habit) so in some ways it's a bit frustrating listening on audio book, unless you've got a pen and paper handy. But the content is brilliant and I would recommend to all people managers

One of the best people management books!

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Extremely useful in helping my revisit my language and words used in my coaching questioning.

Insightful, with some golden nuggets

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The tools to get you up and going to develop coaching skills to support your leadership style.

Simple and to the point

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