Why it’s important to listen to the status quo with Michael Bungay Stanier

Michael Bungay Stanier is at the forefront of shaping how organisations around the world make being coach-like an essential leadership competency.

 

His book The Coaching Habit is the best-selling coaching book of this century, with nearly a million copies sold and thousands of five-star reviews on Amazon.

 

In 2019, he was named the #1 thought leader in coaching. Michael was the first Canadian Coach of the Year, has been named a Global Coaching Guru since 2014 and was a Rhodes Scholar.

Michael founded Box of Crayons, a learning and development company that helps organisations transform from advice-driven to curiosity-led.

 

Learn more at www.BoxOfCrayons.com

 

Michael is a compelling speaker and facilitator, combining practicality, humour, and an unprecedented degree of engagement with the audience.

 

He’s spoken on stages and screens around the world in front of crowds ranging from ten to ten thousand. His TEDx talk

is called How to tame your Advice Monster.

 

What I love about this discussion is Michael’s energy, enthusiasm and capacity as speak to be clear and cut-through –

 

When I think of Michael, I think of one of the worlds true blue flame thinkers – what is a blue flame thinker

 

The blue flame is the hottest and more potent part of the flame it can burn through steel with its clarity and focus