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7 Questions From The Coaching Habit
Communication, Accountability, Respect, & Trust
Michael Bungay Stanier wrote The Coaching Habit which was published in 2016. It’s a superb book which I only read recently (to my regret). In my defense, I rarely read new leadership books unless they’re by an author I’m familiar with such as Patrick Lencioni.
The field of leadership is constantly glutted with “new” ideas to take leadership “to the next level” or some other breath-taking superlative. My grad school advisor called this phenomenon putting old wine in new bottles. He’s exactly right.
Even so, while new bottles don’t change the flavor of the wine, they can give us different ways to think about leadership. Plus the reality is everyone’s always looking for the new new thing. As a leadership writer, you don’t get much credit for espousing techniques or ideas that have been around forever. Unless of course, you’re quoting ancient Greeks. They always seem to be the cool new old thing . . .
I prefer to wait until the books have been out there for a year or two. When I see others percolating their ideas over time, I’m more inclined to read and study them. This is what happened with The Coaching Habit. I’ve seen it referenced repeatedly over…
