Michael Bungay Stanier
Coaching is an essential skill for leaders. But for most busy, overworked managers, coaching employees is done badly, or not at all. They're just too busy, and it's too hard to change.
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Michael Bungay Stanier
Coaching is an essential skill for leaders. But for most busy, overworked managers, coaching employees is done badly, or not at all. They're just too busy, and it's too hard to change.
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Offers a practical, concise framework with seven key questions to integrate effective coaching into a busy leadership routine.
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It develops engineering leadership and management skills.
Cited by 8 different developers, each bringing their own experience and perspective.
Valued for its practical approach — concepts connect directly to real-world engineering decisions and daily work.
"But there are a couple of exceptions and in this post I want to give you a summary of one of them: The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever by Michael Bungay Stanier."
— bosepchuk · How to Manage Programmers Without Losing Your Damn Mind · May 5, 2019
"I wrote this blog post because I really needed this book."
— bosepchuk · How to Manage Programmers Without Losing Your Damn Mind · May 5, 2019
"The book offers a toolkit to become a better leader by giving you a framework of principles and questions."
— sophiabrandt · Notes On “The Coaching Habit” · May 29, 2021
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