The Coaching Habit

1. What's on your mind? 2. And What Else? 3. What's the challenge here for you? 4. What do you want? 5. How can I help? 6. By saying Yes to this, what are you saying No to? 7. What was most useful for you? Same, in this order, can help you keep focused on many things in life

The good book for beginners who are responsible for the work done not only by them but others as well, basically the entire team. I think by following this person can become more open and the best managers in my opinion somewhat follow similar style.

it was very easy to read . it is an eye opening book . its is must read for managers

It's an absolute coaching classic! I've been dealing with this subject for over 6 years now, and I've never found a book that gives such a clear and succinct treatment to this topic. Very practical and no nonsense.

If there was one book that lays bare the science of coaching in plain speak, here is the one. No jargons, very useful book references, plenty of videos for reinforcing learning at the end of very chapter makes this book a pleasure to read. Retention is guaranteed with repetition and cross references at apt occasions.

Michael is great motivational speaker and a good writer. I have been following his Box Of Crayons very regularly as well as some of his webinars. The latest book on The Coaching Habit: Say Less, ask More --- is a must read for all management.It takes leadership to next level.Practical with ideas and tools to guide leaders to improve their effectiveness. Simply written but quite engaging. The take away is that it changes the way we communicate with our colleagues at work and family.

MBS, the author, dives into two main aspects. 1. What not to do when you're talking to someone 2. What questions you can ask to make the conversation fruitful. The best takeaways for me were - 1. We jump into advice giving mode too soon whenever we are talking to clients, colleagues. Stay patient and listen. 2. Ask the right questions and listen genuinely. 3. How and when to give the advice. I'd recommend this book to anyone who's working in a corporate culture as 1. Manager - Talking to lot of team members 2. Action person - Gathering information from clients or senior person 3. Designers - You need to read this for sure! As you are solving problems and not just designing.

The book seems long winded. The essential points could have been covered more succintly. As a result, Mike's book loses its impact. Otherwise ok.

Not worth buying. Absolutely no depth to this book. It repeats itself continuously in a different way.

I've had this book since late 2017 and I'm halfway through reading it. I only wish I'd read it much sooner! I bought it at a time when I had plans to start some kind of coaching programme for clients of my accounting firm, but with no formal coaching skills or training I didn't know where to start. As it turns out, I spent 2018 laying the foundations in my firm for all other services which would free up my time to get into coaching. Now, in 2019, I am venturing into coaching with clients and other accountants and this book is exactly what I needed to face my challenge, to build a structure around coaching sessions and to give my clients clarity on how coaching works and what can be achieved if they commit to the structure of the programme. An excellent, easy and practical read and suitable for anyone who wants to get into coaching themselves or others, or for managers looking to adopt a coaching habit with their team. Highly recommend! Michael breaks down 7 critical coaching questions that will revolutionise the way you engage with your peers and those you currently manage (but will soon be coaching!) It doesn’t just span your working life, but I’ve found it has helped in my personal life too; e.g., when a friend confides in me and is looking for help or a sounding board. The book is really quick to read. It’s concise enough that I didn’t find myself thinking, “yeah, yeah, I’ve got the reason why now get to how I improve in area x” yet it gave me enough that I felt I could go out and practice with it. One would have to be blind not to see the power in what is being said and in an era where there is enough momentum to confine ‘Command and control’ style leadership to the 80’s where it belongs, this book couldn’t be more timely.

A great book, however, I still think the GROW model is more relevant. This book was talking more about the conversation techniques - and also loved how he inserted Karpman Drama Triangle which could happen during coaching, yet the solution was missing in the book i.e. The Empowerment Dynamic (TED) by David Emerald.

Great book to read in leisure time

Non trovando l'edizione italiana ho acquistato quella in inglese, anche per esercitarmi. Lo trovo un testo molto utile, pratico e l'autore è molto divertente. Facile da leggere ed efficace.