Michael Bungay Stanier
About Michael Bungay Stanier
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The 5 Question Leader: the secret to working less hard and having more impact
Managers and leaders find themselves stuck in three vicious circles. They’re frustrated by teams who have become overdependent on them. They’re overwhelmed by the amount of work they have to do. They’re disconnected from their own Great Work: the work that has impact, the work that has meaning. Sound familiar?
Breaking out of those vicious circles is simpler than you might think.
Mastering five essential questions can help managers and leaders increase the focus, courage and resilience they need to have more impact in the work they do.
In this practical, interactive and engaging session participants will:
• discover the three vicious circles that keep managers – and their teams – stuck
• learn the five core questions they need so they (and those they lead) can focus on the work that matters
• get three quick-to-master techniques to ask a question well (it’s harder to do than it sounds!)
• find the Best Coaching Question in the World (and it has just three words)
• and understand how to apply the New Habit Formula to convert insight into new, sustainable behaviours.
This 60-90 minute program is based on Michael Bungay Stanier’s new book The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever.
David Allen calls it a “brilliant how-to manual”, Dan Pink says the book “distills the essentials of coaching” and Brené Brown calls it “practical and inspiring”.
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Books by Michael Bungay Stanier
“How to Work with (Almost) Anyone: How to Bring Out the Best in Others-And Have Them Bring Out the Best in You” (2023)
“The Advice Trap: Be Humble, Stay Curious & Change the Way You Lead Forever” (2020)
The Advice Trap: Be Humble, Stay Curious & Change the Way You Lead Forever
“The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever” (2016)
“Great Work Provocations: Short, Sharp Shots Of Inspiration” (2013)
Great Work Provocations: Short, Sharp Shots Of Inspiration
“Do More Great Work.” (2010)
A self-coaching book that helps you find challenging, fulfilling, and impactful work “in a manner similar to What Color Is Your Parachute? ” ( Seattle Pi ). When you’re up to your eyeballs answering emails, returning phone calls, attending meetings, and scrambling to get that project done, you can turn to this inspirational, motivating, and at times playful book for invaluable guidance. In fifteen exercises, Do More Great Work shows how you can finally do more of the work that pushes you forward, stretches your creativity, and truly satisfies you. The exercises are “maps”—brilliantly simple visual tools that help you find, start, and sustain Great Work, revealing how to: Find clues to your own Great Work—they’re all around you Locate the sweet spot between what you want to do and what your organization wants you to do Generate new ideas and possibilities quickly Best manage your overwhelming workload Double the likelihood that you’ll do what you want to do All it takes is ten minutes a day, a pencil, and a willingness to change. Do More Great Work will not only help you identify what the Great Work of your life is, it will tell you how to do it. “Great work really does come in small packages! This little book is a dynamo of ‘great work truths.’” —Marshall Goldsmith, #1 New York Times –bestselling author of Triggers “[Stanier] has an ability to shake our tree and make us more conscious and responsible. And the best part—he makes it easy and fun.” —David Allen, New York Times –bestselling author of Getting Things Done
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