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The Coaching Habit

Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever

Lead by asking better questions, not giving answers.

by Michael Bungay Stanier

Stanier distills coaching into seven essential questions that managers can use to build a daily coaching habit. The premise is that leaders should stay curious a little longer and rush to advice a little slower. Practical and concise, the book aims to make coaching a simple, everyday behavior rather than a formal event.

Founders who scale must shift from doing the work to developing people, and that means asking instead of telling. Stanier's seven questions give a fast, repeatable way to coach a team, push ownership down, and avoid becoming the bottleneck.

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