Hi there, it\'s Michael, the author.
I\'m thrilled to know the book is going out into the world.). (And, by the way, thank you in advance for buying it.
I\'m pretty sure you\'ll find it a great investment of your money and time.
You\'ll get all of that wisdom and experience when you read The Advice Trap . , and my company, Box of Crayons, has trained more than 100,000 people just like you in the tools and mindset required for this essential leadership behaviour: being more coach-like.
My work\'s been featured in journals such as HBR , Fast Company , Forbes , and Inc.
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.
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.
There are tools to make your conversations, coaching and otherwise, irresistible.
But there are also some specific coaching strategies, particularly on how to focus on what matters most.
And it\'s taming your Advice Monster that\'s at the heart of this book.
You have to tame your Advice Monster, that part of you that jumps in to offer up ideas, opinions, suggestions and advice.
It sounds like it should be easy, but it\'s not.
If The Coaching Habit says, here are the seven essential questions to be more coach-like, The Advice Trap is about getting to grips with how to actually Change your behaviour so you Stay Curious a little bit longer.
The pressure The anticipation But here it is, and I think you\'re going to like it.
So I\'ve been sweating on the follow-up.
It was an unexpected bestseller: more than 700,000 copies sold so far, 1,000+ 5-star reviews on Amazon (my favourite: I have plodded through many books that wish they could be this book), a Wall Street Journal bestseller, and used by people and organizations around the world.
You might know my previous book, The Coaching Habit .
Hi there, it\'s Michael, the author