Hi there, it’s Michael, the author. You might know My previous book, The coaching habit. It was an unexpected bestseller: more than 700, 000 copies have been sold so far, with 1, 000+ 5-star reviews on Amazon (My favorite: “I have plodded through many books that wish they could be this book”)
It has become a wall Street Journal bestseller and is used by people and organizations around the world. So I've been sweating on the follow-up. The pressure! The anticipation! But here it is, and I think you’re going to like it
If the coaching habit says, “here are the seven essential questions to be more coach-like,” The advice trap is about coming to grips with how to actually change your behavior 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 who 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, fre leadership program from a fifty-two-person faculty of cool, diverse, and provocative thinkers. In 2019, I was named the #1 thought leader in coaching, and was short-listed for the coaching Award by Thinkers50, the “Oscars of management.” My work’s been featured in journals such as Harvard Business Review, fast company, Forbes, and inc., and My company, box of crayons, has trained more than 100, 000 people just like you in the tools and mind-set required for this essential leadership behavior: being more coach-like. You’ll get all of that wisdom and experience when you read the advice trap
I’m pretty sure you’ll find it a great investment of your money and time. (And, by the way, thank you in advance for buying it. I’m thrilled to know the book is going out into the world.). Read more