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The Coaching Habit by Michael Bungay Stanier - Book Summary
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“Seven Questions That Get You Out of Firefighting Mode” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free Title: The Coaching Habit Author: Michael Bungay Stanier Category: Leadership & Team Building What if the most useful thing you said in a meeting today was a question you already knew the answer to — and you stayed quiet anyway? Sam and Sophie walk through Michael Bungay Stanier's seven coaching questions, starting with the kickstart question, "What is on your mind?", and the three-word follow-up he calls the most underrated move in the book. They cover the real challenge question, the lazy question, and the sharpest one — "If you're saying yes to this, what are you saying no to?" — plus the three drivers behind the advice trap and the difference between coaching and mentoring. If you're a manager who ends every day buried in other people's problems, this episode names the habit underneath it and gives you actual sentences to try tomorrow. The takeaway: your job isn't to have the answers, it's to ask the questions. The Coaching Habit by Michael Bungay Stanier. If you want the full written summary, the whole library is on 7minutebooks.com/app — over 6,000 fiction and nonfiction titles you can read or listen to in any language, with infographics on many titles. Unlimited access from $2.99 a month, $9.99 a year, or $19.99 lifetime. Chapters 00:00 Why Managers Are Drowning 00:56 The Kickstart Question And Silence 02:14 The Real Challenge And What You Want 03:22 The Lazy Question And Saying No 04:47 The Advice Trap And Curiosity 06:10 Coaching Vs Mentoring And The Identity Shift #TheCoachingHabit #MichaelBungayStanier #Leadership #Coaching #Management #AdviceTrap #TeamBuilding #Curiosity #7MinuteBooks #BookSummaries #NonfictionPodcast #BookPodcast Want every summary in full? Read or listen to 6,000+ fiction and nonfiction titles in any language on 7minutebooks.com/app — unlimited access from $2.99/month, $9.99/year, or $19.99 lifetime.
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Most managers are drowning in other people's problems, and Michael Bungay Stanier says it's a habit you can break. We walk through the seven questions that let you do less and lead better.
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