The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More Change the Way You Lead Forever
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- Author：Michael Bungay Stanier
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Summary
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。
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
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
• Finally， ensure others find your coaching as beneficial as you do with The Learning Question
A fresh， innovative take on the traditional how-to manual， the book combines insider information with research based in neuroscience and behavioural economics， together with interactive training tools to turn practical advice into practiced habits。 Dynamic question-and-answer sections help identify old habits and kick-start new behaviour， making sure you get the most out of all seven chapters。 Witty and conversational， The Coaching Habit takes your work—and your workplace—from good to great。
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。
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
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
• Finally， ensure others find your coaching as beneficial as you do with The Learning Question
A fresh， innovative take on the traditional how-to manual， the book combines insider information with research based in neuroscience and behavioural economics， together with interactive training tools to turn practical advice into practiced habits。 Dynamic question-and-answer sections help identify old habits and kick-start new behaviour， making sure you get the most out of all seven chapters。 Witty and conversational， The Coaching Habit takes your work—and your workplace—from good to great。
Reviews
Mike Starnes
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This is a brilliant book。 My default position is to offer opinion， guide the way， fix the problem。 The problem with that is that it’s probably not the right fix and isn’t helping my team。 The framework and seven questions in this book provide simple but effective guidance as to how you can help others develop， grow and find their own way。 I cannot recommend this book highly enough。
Jane Gumataotao
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This was a quick audio。 I found it worthwhile that I’m listening to it again and buying a hard copy for quick reference。 It’s concise and packed full of great tools （questions） to have handy to improve coaching abilities。 Trade your cleverness for bewilderment！ This encourages me to abate the advice monster and encourage learning， insight， and empowerment by simply asking questions。
Heidi
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Great questions to help develop conversations。 Advice I will actually put into practice。
Michael Cortes
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Solid concept on coaching with an applicable set of seven questions you can put to use。 As an added bonus， the ebook comes with embedded links to additional supporting resources。
Povilas Petrauskas
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Brilliant and simple at the same time。
Mike Harley
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A concise， yet neuroscience-based book that teaches a formula for coaching conversations。 I got a lot out of it and will use these tools。
Anya
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Could be summarized in 5 pages。
Maddie
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Read this for my company/self-improvement。 Overall， I feel it is very helpful in coaching you to hold off on giving advice and instead guiding employees to be more autonomous。 Coaching you to be a better coach。 Definitely recommend for anyone in a management role。
Philipp Holz
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Etwas in die Länge gezogen und die Aufteilung des Buchs war etwas weird。 Aber ansonsten waren die Grundaussagen sehr gut。
Shiv Kumar
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The Seven questions Michael shares in his book "The Coaching Habit" are marvellous。 I liked those questions， the most I liked is the section where you have to identify and document your current trigger for a "not so effective" response and also document your new behaviour so that you can get maximum out of the book。If you are looking for a piece of effective advice on how to effectively coach your team-member， you must read this book。 The Seven questions Michael shares in his book "The Coaching Habit" are marvellous。 I liked those questions， the most I liked is the section where you have to identify and document your current trigger for a "not so effective" response and also document your new behaviour so that you can get maximum out of the book。If you are looking for a piece of effective advice on how to effectively coach your team-member， you must read this book。 。。。more
Bobbie
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I can’t say this is the best leadership and coaching book， but it is definitely one of the most practical and directly applicable。 I saw lots of overlap with other books I read， and I think that part of the premise of this book was to compile the previous research into accessible chunks。 All-in-all， I’m glad I read it。
Teri Temme
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Potential to change the world。 Well worth reading。
Laura Piiroinen
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Tämä kirja on ollut hyllyssäni ainakin kolme vuotta。 Muistan tilanteeni sen Amazonista vähän heräteostoksena， kun hankin muita ammatillisia kirjoja。 Nostin sen ja parikymmentä muuta kirjaa yöpöydälleni， jotta saisin sen vihdoin luettua。 Ja nyt， flunssaa pois potiessani， luin sen。 Jes！Kirja on kevyt ja helppolukuinen。 Osa muista arvostelijoista piti sitä liiankin kepoisena ja liikaa muilta lainaavana。 Kirjoittaja ei todellakaan ole keksinyt pyörää uudestaan， mutta yhdistelee muiden ajatuksia valm Tämä kirja on ollut hyllyssäni ainakin kolme vuotta。 Muistan tilanteeni sen Amazonista vähän heräteostoksena， kun hankin muita ammatillisia kirjoja。 Nostin sen ja parikymmentä muuta kirjaa yöpöydälleni， jotta saisin sen vihdoin luettua。 Ja nyt， flunssaa pois potiessani， luin sen。 Jes！Kirja on kevyt ja helppolukuinen。 Osa muista arvostelijoista piti sitä liiankin kepoisena ja liikaa muilta lainaavana。 Kirjoittaja ei todellakaan ole keksinyt pyörää uudestaan， mutta yhdistelee muiden ajatuksia valmentavasta johtajuudesta yksiin kansiin mielenkiintoisesti ja selkeästi。 Kaikesta ei tarvitse olla samaa mieltä， eikä pidäkään。 Mielestäni kaikkien tietokirjojen， erityisesti johtamiskirjojen， tarkoituksena on herättää ajatuksia ja tarjota erilaisia vinkkejä， joiden pohjalta koota omaa näkemystä maailmasta ja johtamisesta。 Pitäisin aika absurdina ja ehkä vähän pelottavanakin sitä， että joku omaksuisi yhden kirjan kokonaisuudessaan ja perustaisi koko työskentelytapansa sen varaan。 （Tätäkin varmasti toki tapahtuu。）Päällimmäisenä tästä kirjasta jäi mieleeni se， kuinka helposti sorrumme antamaan suoria neuvoja， kun johdettava tai kuka tahansa keskustelukumppani voisi hyötyä enemmän ajattelua herättävistä kysymyksistä tai jatkokeskustelusta。 Erityisesti silloin， jos pomo sortuu aina neuvomaan ja auttamaan suoriltaan， on riski， että hän joko neuvoo väärässä asiassa tai että johdettava jää riippuvaiseksi pomosta。 Tästä voi seurata ikävä mikromanageerauksen henki， jos pomo ei uskalla päästää irti ja johdettava puolestaan käyttää omia aivojaan。 Toki on paljonkin tilanteita， joissa suora neuvo on paras。 Silti olisi hyvä hidastaa ja miettiä， milloin oikeasti tarvitaan suoraa neuvoa ja milloin taas tukea ja rohkaisua omaan ajatteluun luottamiseen。 Tätä voi miettiä myös kollegoiden kohdalla。 。。。more
Ricky Stephen
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（Disclaimer: I listened to the audiobook）A fantastic starting place if you’d like to get better at moving away from a directive approach to everything in life。The seven questions are easy to remember， highly adaptable， and already within a few days I have experienced their usefulness。Don’t come here looking for any deep theorizing， or erudite explanations of why coaching is the best thing in the world。 This is definitely a quick early read for practitioners looking to ask more questions and give （Disclaimer: I listened to the audiobook）A fantastic starting place if you’d like to get better at moving away from a directive approach to everything in life。The seven questions are easy to remember， highly adaptable， and already within a few days I have experienced their usefulness。Don’t come here looking for any deep theorizing， or erudite explanations of why coaching is the best thing in the world。 This is definitely a quick early read for practitioners looking to ask more questions and give less advice。 。。。more
Hannah Fleace
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Great introduction to coaching！ Will reference for sure。
Helin
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Ikigai’den neden hoşlanmadıysam bu kitaptan da o yüzden hoşlanmadım: çok toplama az yenilik。 Ikigai’ye göre daha iyi olmakla birlikte - en azından kendi oluşturduğu bir içerik var - ünlü iş/kişisel gelişim kitapları derlemesi gibi olmuş。 İyi tarafı oldukça hızlı okunuyor， bu yüzden zaman kaybı diye üzülmüyorum。 Çok gerekli değilmiş， bence daha iyi kitaplar var değerli vaktiniz için。
Max Overes
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Think it is a good short book that lets you evaluate how powerful your questions are nd how to improve them
Angela Alfonso
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The author explains in detail the 7 questions in a coaching session，What is on your mind？And what else？What is the real challenge for you？What do you want？How can I help？If I say ''yes'' to this what am I saying no to？What was most useful for you？The key takeaway for me is， "How to be less "helpful" but helping my colleague"I felt this book gave me guidance， it is so important to prevent co-dependence in my team。 The author explains in detail the 7 questions in a coaching session，What is on your mind？And what else？What is the real challenge for you？What do you want？How can I help？If I say ''yes'' to this what am I saying no to？What was most useful for you？The key takeaway for me is， "How to be less "helpful" but helping my colleague"I felt this book gave me guidance， it is so important to prevent co-dependence in my team。 。。。more
Diane Law
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For anyone wanting to have a more coaching style in their personal or professional interactions this is a great resource。 Full of practical tips， stories and examples。 Very engaging and useful。
Laura
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I continue to read this over and over。 I appreciate how it narrows down to impactful questions in a easy way to follow。 I also love how you can take one piece of it at a time， and apply to different conversations or contexts。 It has changed how I approach my work。
Clay Tennies
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A nifty book with a few common lessons taken from a multitude of other sources。 Will introduce some fun thoughts， best read after a book other than something involving self-help/advice。 Will give you a lot of other titles to read。
Sara Barker
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Earlier this year （late last？） I read The Book Of Beautiful Questions。 What I really enjoyed about this book is it had a similar flavor of listening more， talking less， and being the better for it。 7 questions outlined include: - What's on your mind？- And what else？- Whats the real challenge here for you？ - What do you want？- How can I help？- If you're saying Yes to this， what are you saying No to？- What was most useful for you？Great wonderful compilation， rooted in research， and practical simpl Earlier this year （late last？） I read The Book Of Beautiful Questions。 What I really enjoyed about this book is it had a similar flavor of listening more， talking less， and being the better for it。 7 questions outlined include: - What's on your mind？- And what else？- Whats the real challenge here for you？ - What do you want？- How can I help？- If you're saying Yes to this， what are you saying No to？- What was most useful for you？Great wonderful compilation， rooted in research， and practical simple advice anyone can begin to put into practice。 。。。more
Sarah Staunton-lamb
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Great book and I’m going to go right back to the start and read bits again。 Inspired me to start making some changes
Amber
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This is a must read coaching book， personal development book and just a good read！！
Rebbeca Truax
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Straight up good questions that will make you a better mentor and team player。 Words are more effective if there are fewer of them - a lesson I learned as a writer and now I know it to be true as a coach。 If you can only read one book on leadership make The Coaching Habit that one book。 Also lots of good on-line resources for those who want to dig deeper。
Luis
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Jump to action since chapter 1， a good intro to the coaching world。 Totally recommended。
Bjorn Martensson
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This is a short book that focuses on a handful of questions to prompt a good coaching discussion。 While listening to it， I was a little peeved by the frequent references to videos on the website， but the videos turned out to be quite OK and helped to reinforce the material。
Michelle
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Good questions。 Could do without the rest。
Shrinivas Susarla
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Simple language - easy to understand and comprehend Examples/scenarios resonated well Liked the transparency of Michael mentioning about his picks from various books Completed reading the book in 3 sittingsAs it was reinforcing the learning as ACC， ICFNew learnings on how to conduct coaching （eg 3 Ps – Project People Patterns）short book 213 pages with reader friendly font （I read physical copy） Michael talks about building a coaching habit to be human who’s more coach like。 Good references are m Simple language - easy to understand and comprehend Examples/scenarios resonated well Liked the transparency of Michael mentioning about his picks from various books Completed reading the book in 3 sittingsAs it was reinforcing the learning as ACC， ICFNew learnings on how to conduct coaching （eg 3 Ps – Project People Patterns）short book 213 pages with reader friendly font （I read physical copy） Michael talks about building a coaching habit to be human who’s more coach like。 Good references are mentioned in the early parts of the book on How to Build a Habit。 It’s suggested to ask a powerful question rather than giving advise （postpone the urge itself） These are the powerful questions which support in becoming coach like during various conversationsWhat's on your mind？ Inviting people to share what's most important to them at a given period of timeAnd what else？ Keeping the space open to explore and deepen the conversationWhat's the real challenge here for you？ Progressing on the conversation to the real concern。What do you want？How can I help？If you're saying yes to this， what are you saying No to？What was most useful for you？ Recall and reflect to create a learning momentAdditionally Michael has been kind enough in sharing references to a few amazing podcasts， interviews， and books on self-management， organizational change， strategy， impact， great questions， and more at the end of the book。 Thank you @ Michael Bungay Stanier thoroughly enjoyed the book。。Honest Review : Great 。。。more
Kayla Susko
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