006 – The Coaching Habit with Michael Bungay Stanier

Welcome to episode #6 of the Thriving Leaders Podcast.  In todays conversation, Jason talks with Michael Bungay Stanier about coaching and his book the Coaching Habit. In this episode, we discuss:

• How you can be more “coach-like”

• The shift from advice giving to questions asking

• Developing curiosity

• How to build new habits

• What is culture?

• The 7 essential questions

• The Focus Question

• The caution around “Why” questions

• Coaching in 10 minutes or less

Here are some of the links mentioned in the podcast:

• The Coaching Habit: Say less, ask more and change the way you lead forever

• Edgar Schein

• Charles Duhigg – Power of Habits

• Daniel Coyle – The Talent Code

• 7 Questions article from Huffington Post

• Box of Crayons Website

• Michael Bungay Stanier – Facebook

• Michael Bungay Stanier – Twitter

• Michael Bungay Stanier – LinkedIn