How to Be Awesome at Your Job19 Mar 2020

555: Why We Fail to Empower, Inspire, and Engage: Unmasking the The Advice Trap with Michael Bungay Stanier

Michael Bungay Stanier explains why we need to stop giving advice and start asking questions instead.

You'll Learn:

1) Three reasons why advice is overrated.

2) A step-by-step process for breaking your advice-giving habit.

3) How to ask more insightful questions.

About Michael:

Michael Bungay Stanier is an author and the founder of Box of Crayons, a company best known for teaching 10-minute coaching so that busy managers can build stronger teams and get better results. He was named the first Canadian Coach of the Year. He left Australia 25 years ago to be a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University.

Michael has been featured in several publications such as Business Insider, Forbes, The Globe & Mail, Fast Company, and The Huffington Post. He has held senior positions in the corporate, consultancy, and agency worlds. He has lived and worked in Australia, the UK, the US, and Canada. He currently lives in Toronto.

Michael’s book: The Advice Trap: Be Humble, Stay Curious & Change the Way You Lead Forever
Michael’s book: The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever
Michael’s website: TheAdviceTrap.com
Michael’s website: MBS.works

Resources mentioned in the show:

Book: A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Past Episode: 297: Encouraging Insight Through More Coach-like Conversations with Michael Bungay Stanier

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