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The Coaching Habit

Michael Bungay Stanier's short book on seven questions that do most of the work in a coaching conversation — the fastest upgrade to how you run a session.

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What it is

A deliberately brief book arguing that most coaches talk too much and advise too early. It gives seven questions — starting with "What's on your mind?" and ending with "What was most useful for you?" — and tells you to stay quiet after asking them.

Best for

Anyone whose sessions have drifted into monologue. It is a two-hour read that changes next week's calls, which is a better return than most courses.

Watch out for

It is about conversation, not programming. Nothing in it helps you write a training block — and applied mechanically, the seven questions sound like a script.

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