004 | Michael Bungay Stanier: A Conversation

Michael Bungay Stanier is a best selling author, thought leader and entrepreneur who also worked his way through college in restaurants. He sits down with The GM Coach for a brief trip down restaurant memory lane and to discuss the current times with COVID-19, healthy isolation and the changes in business, today. I really love his 'weak ties' connection strategy and started hosting online networking events each week. In the second half of the show, we also get into his books The Coaching Habit and The Advice Trap. At times the roles are reversed as Mr. Stanier asks me questions about how I use his tools in real life. Books: The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever The Advice Trap: Be Humble, Stay Curious & Change the Way You Lead Forever Bio: Michael Bungay Stanier is a leading coaching expert, renowned keynote speaker, and bestselling author of The Coaching Habit, which has sold more than 500,000 print copies since its 2016 release, and Do More Great Work (100,000 copies sold). His follow-up to The Coaching Habit, The Advice Trap, was released in February 2020. Michael is the founder of Box of Crayons, a company that strengthens leadership and culture within organizations by giving busy managers and leaders the tools to coach in a way that works. Under Michael’s guiding influence, Box of Crayons designs and delivers programs that reframe how people think about coaching as a strategic skill. He works with clients from all sectors, including Microsoft, Volvo, the United Nations, Sotheby’s, and PwC. A Rhodes Scholar and an influential thinker in the coaching space, Michael was selected by Marshall Goldsmith as the #1 Thought Leader in Coaching in the world. He lives in Toronto. Michael Bungay Stanier Websites & Social www.mbs.works boxofcrayons.com Linkedin TEDx Talk