Episode 296: The Coaching Habit with Michael Bungay Stanier

Today on the podcast, Michael Bungay Stanier joins us. Michael has written books that have sold about a million copies all told, including The Coaching Habit, a self-published book that’s become the best-selling book on coaching this century. He founded a training and development company, Box of Crayons, that has taught coaching skills to hundreds of thousands of people around the world. He loves that it’s a human-centered place to work, and that it practices what it preaches.But wait! There’s more! He’s been happily married for 30 years or so; he was a Rhodes Scholar; he’s created a book in partnership with Seth Godin that raised $400,000 for Malaria No More; he has been named #1 Thought Leader in Coaching and a Coaching Guru; he’s launched several podcasts; and he has spoken live and virtually to crowds of thousands…Michael has never been much of a fan of the status quo, and his privilege is something he tries to use thoughtfully to create more possibilities for everyone.He’s spent his career pushing back at power structures in unsubtle ways (he finished law school being sued for defamation by one of his professors), direct ways (disrupting some of the ways publishing works) and more effective, scalable ones (his approach to coaching “un-weirds coaching”, makes it a technology accessible to everyone, and turns leadership and hierarchy on its head.)Learn more about Michael and all he offers:coachinghabit.combestpossiblerelationship.commbs.worksFind him on social media @mbs_worksThanks to our sponsors:Club Capital provides monthly accounting, tax, and CFO services for insurance agency owners. Learn more at www.club.capitalAutopilot Recruiting is a continuous recruiting service where you’ll be assigned a recruiter that has been trained to recruit on your behalf every business day. Listeners of Club Capital Podcast go to www.autopilotrecruiting.com and use the code ClubCapital to get started.Coach P found great success as an insurance agent and agency owner. He leads a large, stable team of professionals who are at the top of their game year after year. Now he shares the systems, processes, delegation, and specialization he developed along the way. Gain access to weekly training calls and mentoring at www.coachpconsulting.com. Be sure to mention the Club Capital Podcast when you get in touch.TodayApp is a corporate approved app that allows you to build custom activities and track all your commissions and bonus structures, and integrates perfectly with your CRM. It can even manage your employees’ time, track production, have a leaderboard with metrics, and more. Contact Today App and for a custom demo and let them know you heard about them on The Club Capital Leadership Podcast.