Mindfulness Manufacturing
Our show is about providing listeners with real stories that come from a place of experience, transparency, and authenticity. Most importantly it’s about what we learn from these stories and applying Mindfulness in our everyday work and personal lives.
Our intention is to create an environment where people can learn through open honest discussions on how we apply Mindfulness. Although our experiences and stories come from time in a manufacturing environment hence the title “Mindfulness Manufacturing”, we still see our discussions and topics relatable to any organization or profession.
We all love giving advice! But when advice is your default as a leader, you can fall into an “advice trap” that actually crushes curiosity, creates disconnect, and prevents your team from finding productive outcomes.
Bestselling author Michael Bungay Stanier (MBS) tackles this subject in his newest book The Advice Trap: Be Humble, Stay Curious & Change the Way You Lead Forever. In this episode, MBS shares some of the key lessons from the advice trap and his other books, including lessons and insights leaders can use to change their mindset, grow their curiosity, and create great new habits for building curiosity.
2:17 – With more curiosity, you can engage your people, boost morale and retention, and create a thriving organization
3:31 – Slow down in your rush to provide immediate advice
4:16 – As a leader, shift away from making advice your default response
5:13 – With curiosity, you can become a more strategic leader
6:11 – Defaulting to giving advice is often an ingrained habit
6:48 – When you start being more curious, you let others shine
7:17 – Curiosity can also strengthen your relationship with your family and others outside of work
8:40 – Forming new curiosity habits can take time and practice
9:47 – If you always give answers and advice, your team can become over-dependent, more disconnected, and less productive
10:48 – Through more curiosity, you and your team can find the purpose of your work
12:22 – While practicing curiosity and other new skills, approach it with patience and grace for yourself
13:28 – Be specific and deliberate in building your coaching habit
14:13 – Your team are your allies
15:19 – Instead of answering right away, stay in a place of curiosity a little bit longer
16:53 – Ask curious questions to find the root cause of issues within your team
18:48 – Asking questions can be more effective than giving advice
20: 11 – Your job isn’t to come up with the best answer, but to help your team come up with the right answer
21:42 – To practice curiosity, pay attention to your body language
Connect with Michael Bungay Stanier
Visit his website and download chapter one of The Coaching Habit
Learn more about Box of Crayons
Read my book reports of The Coaching Habit
