This week on the show I interview the incredibly talented Michael Bungay Stanier (or MBS for short). Michael is the author to several books included best-seller The Coaching Habit which has sold over 1 million copies to date. Michael also founded a training and development company, Box of Crayons, that has taught coaching skills to hundreds to thousands of people around the world. He has also been featured on the TedX stage with a brilliant speech titled, “How to Tame Your Advice Monster.”

Topics

-“Be curious a little bit longer and rush to action and advice giving a little bit more slowly.”

-What goes wrong when we give advice?

-What is our advice monster and how do we tame it?

-7 Coaching questions to lead to empowerment, clarity, and action

-Understanding where you fit into the Drama Triangle

-The importance of silence in conversation

-Lessons learned from a former FBI Hostage Negotiator 

-The three key components to start doing something that matters

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