Giant Thinkers Podcast

Giants, welcome to episode #79. Our guest today is at the forefront of making coaching an everyday leadership behaviour. He’s the author of The Coaching Habit ... the best-selling coaching book of this century with over 700,000 copies sold and over 1,000 five-star reviews on Amazon. His new book, The Advice Trap, focuses on what it takes to stay curious a little bit longer and tame your Advice Monster. In 2019, he was named the #1 thought leader in coaching, and was shortlisted for the coaching prize by Thinkers50, the “Oscars of management”. He is also the founder of Box of Crayons; a learning and development company that helps organisations transform from advice driven to curiosity-led.   Some of the topics we spoke about include: How to shift from advice-driven to curiosity-led The importance of staying in a state of ‘unknowingness’ just a little bit longer How to tame our ‘Advice Monster’ How people can influence their organisations culture And his recommended ‘what’ based questions (there’s a b