You know your Advice Monster! Someone starts to talk … and it looms up out of the shadows wanting to “add value”.
In this amusing and provocative talk, Michael Bungay Stanier explains how advice-giving goes bad; the three personas of your Advice Monster; and why the powerful act of staying curious a little longer is the secret to taming your Advice Monster.
Michael Bungay Stanier is the founder of a learning and development company called Box of Crayons that helps organisations transform from advice-driven to curiosity-led. He is also the author of the The Coaching Habit (linked below). Michael held senior positions in the corporate, consultancy and agency worlds.
My views
This video is funny and thought provoking. I like to recommend this video to people interested in coaching or being coached. It helps to illustrate the difference in approach that a coach takes.