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Only Curious Leaders Escape The Advice Trap with Michael Bungay Stanier

Published: July 14, 2020, 10:43 a.m.

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We are pleased to welcome Michael Bungay Stanier back on the show. He is one of the world\\u2019s most respected coaches, author of The Coaching Habit, and founder of Box of Crayons, which
helps organisations harness the power of curiosity to drive culture. Since we last spoke, Michael published a new book called The Advice Trap, and stepped away from the leading position at the Box of Crayons to explore new routes in his business and life.

What is Covered

  • Why coaching and self-coaching are key leadership skills for the future of work and business
  • How curiosity helps us manage overload and identify the real challenges in front of us
  • What is the \\u2018advice trap\\u2019 and how to successfully avoid it in order to really help your coachees

Key Learnings and Takeaways

  • Coaching is a key technology which allows the best of ourselves to show up and do our best work, and innovation is an ongoing part of how we work all the time.
  • The new style of leadership for the future is more humane, scalable, and requires deep personal work to build your coaching muscle and stay curious.
  • Working less hard but smarter as a coach has multiple benefits in increasing competence, confidence, wisdom and building capacity in others.

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