Show Notes
Michael Bungay Stanier a Rhodes Scholar, is at the forefront of shaping how organizations around the world make being coach-like an essential leadership competency.
He founded Box of Crayons, a learning and development company that helps organizations move from advice-driven to curiosity-led. They’ve trained hundreds of thousands of managers to be more coach-like and their clients range from Microsoft to Salesforce to Gucci. His book The Coaching Habit is the best-selling coaching book of this century, with over a million copies sold. In 2019, he was named the #1 thought leader in coaching.
His latest book How to Begin helps people be ambitious for themselves and for the world and, find their Worthy Goal, and start something thrilling, important and daunting. and his first published piece of writing was a Harlequin Romance story involving a misdelivered letter … and called The Male Delivery
In this episode, we really dive deep into answering the following thorny questions.
0:00 - Intro 1:59 - MBS Story 4:47 - What is coaching 8:49 - What are the 3 main reasons people are unhappy in their jobs 11:25 - How can managers be more coach-like to help their employees work through these 3 reasons. 15:11 - What are the questions you need to ask to coach your people to be better at prioritising 20:44 - What to do when someone who is underperforming is resistant to being coached 25:28 - What are the 4 elements to consider when giving negative but constructive feedback 27:31 - How to repair relationships at work 33:05 - When do you use coaching as a leadership style 37:20 - How do you ensure employees feel appreciated 42:00 - When should you coach someone vs giving advice 42:50 - What is Michael’s one well-being practice
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