“You can use the 3P model you read about in the Kickstart Question chapter to make sure you cover all the bases.… — Michael Bungay Stanier Copy Share Image
“Science has whittled that number down over time, so now it’s generally assumed that four is actually the ideal number at which… — Michael Bungay Stanier Science Copy Share Image
“Winston Churchill said that people “occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if… — Michael Bungay Stanier Truth Copy Share Image
“Building a coaching habit will help your team be more self-sufficient by increasing their autonomy and sense of mastery and by reducing… — Michael Bungay Stanier Freedom Copy Share Image
“that the secret to saying No was to shift the focus and learn how to say Yes more slowly.” — Michael Bungay Stanier Copy Share Image
“But a Yes is nothing without the No that gives it boundaries and form.” — Michael Bungay Stanier Copy Share Image
“Self-Management If you can read just one book on motivation—yours and others: Dan Pink, Drive If you can read just one book… — Michael Bungay Stanier Books Copy Share Image
“Part of what makes the Focus Question work so well are those two final words, “for you.” A 1997 study involving a… — Michael Bungay Stanier Final words Copy Share Image
“The simple act of adding “for you” to the end of as many questions as possible is an everyday technique for making… — Michael Bungay Stanier Communication Copy Share Image
“What’s the Real Challenge for You Here?” Research” — Michael Bungay Stanier Research Copy Share Image
“Dan Pink talks about the importance of this in his excellent book Drive.” — Michael Bungay Stanier Books Copy Share Image
“Ron Popeil is the grandfather of them all, and his stock phrase was “But wait, there’s more…” — Michael Bungay Stanier Investing Copy Share Image
“What is our winning aspiration? Framing the choice as “winning” rules out mediocrity as an option. If you want to win, you… — Michael Bungay Stanier Dreams Copy Share Image
“People Have you ever thought, Work would be easy if it weren’t for all these annoying people? Surely it’s not just me.… — Michael Bungay Stanier Annoying people Copy Share Image
“Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning by Peter Brown, Henry Roediger and Mark McDaniel.” — Michael Bungay Stanier Learning Copy Share Image
“George Bernard Shaw was on to something years ago when one of his maxims for revolutionaries stated, “The reasonable man adapts himself… — Michael Bungay Stanier Reasonable man Copy Share Image
“Edgar Schein has untangled the paradox of being helpful in his excellent book Helping.” — Michael Bungay Stanier Books Copy Share Image
“The second bias, known as prospect theory, tells us that loss and gain are not measured equally. Losing $100, say, feels worse… — Michael Bungay Stanier Set free Copy Share Image
“When you build a coaching habit, you can more easily break out of three vicious circles that plague our workplaces: creating overdependence,… — Michael Bungay Stanier Habits Copy Share Image
“Peter Block is a brilliant thinker about how we behave at work.” — Michael Bungay Stanier Copy Share Image
