THE ADVICE TRAP

Michael Bungay Stanier's hugely influential and bestselling management guide, The Coaching Habit, has sold more than 700,000 copies to-date, has 1,000+ 5-star reviews on Amazon, is a Wall Street Journal bestseller and has been used by people and organizations all around the world to help maximize leadership potential and achieve new levels of success. In THE ADVICE TRAP, Stanier returns with a must-have follow-up to the seven essential questions of The Coaching Habit, providing a practical guide to actually changing your behaviour so you stay curious a little bit longer.

It sounds like it should be easy, but it's not. You have to tame your Advice Monster, that part of you that jumps in to offer up ideas, opinions, suggestions and advice. And it's taming your Advice Monster that's at the heart of this book. But there are also some specific coaching strategies, particularly on how to focus on what matters most. There are tools to make your conversations, coaching and otherwise, irresistible. There are even resources beyond the book itself, including a one-year, free leadership program from a 52-person faculty of cool, diverse, and provocative thinkers.

Michael's work has been featured in journals such as HBR, Fast Company, Forbes, and Inc., and his company, Box of Crayons, has trained more than 100,000 in the tools and mindset required for this essential leadership behaviour: being more coach-like. You'll get all of that wisdom and experience when you read THE ADVICE TRAP.

Michael Bungay Stanier is a leading coaching expert, renowned keynote speaker, and bestselling author of The Coaching Habit, which has sold more than 700,000 print copies since its 2016 release, and Do More Great Work (100,000 copies sold). He is the founder and CEO of Box of Crayons, a company that strengthens leadership and culture within organizations by giving busy managers and leaders the tools to coach in a way that works. Under Michael's guiding influence, Box of Crayons designs and delivers programs that reframe how people think about coaching as a strategic skill. He works with clients from all sectors, including Microsoft, Volvo, the United Nations, Sotheby's, and PwC. A Rhodes Scholar and an influential thinker in the coaching space, Michael was selected as one of Marshall Goldsmith's top 100 coaches. He lives in Toronto. ww.boxofcrayons.com