Get Unstuck & Get Going

Category: Book Reviews

Get Unstuck & Get Goiung I am very pleased to recommend this wonderful new coaching tool developed by Michael Bungay Stanier, an Australian living in Toronto.

Once rapport has been established, coaching depends on asking good questions and making generative suggestions. How do you do this when you are new to coaching? How do you do this when you are coaching yourself?

Well, Get Unstuck is designed for just this. It is not a book, and certainly not something you should read. Unless, of course, you just cannot resist the temptation.

It is a practical and inspirational self-coaching tool that you can use every day, and that moves you quickly from stuck to action.
It is based on a simple yet powerful model moving you into Focus, tapping into Creativity and Wisdom and then deciding upon Action.

The workbook is spiral bound; and most of the pages are cut into three strips - or 'flips' - providing 50 Inspiring Stories, 50 Provocative Quotes, and 50 Powerful Models, which allow you to generate 125,000 different perspectives.
It is a practical and inspirational self-coaching tool that you can use every day, and that moves you quickly from stuck to action.

It starts with the Action Acceleration™ Sheet, a form of setting well formed outcomes sheet. Although there is one in the kit, you will need lots of them. You can purchase them, but better to download them off the Internet and print your own.

This provides the structure for the coaching: -

What's my challenge?	Why is this important to me?
What thoughts & ideas do the 'flips' give me?	What you now do is to open the 'book' at any page and choose a flip. Maybe choose the three flips that are revealed or repeat the exercise and choose two more flips. You can now fill in the next three boxes: Inspiring stories Provocative quotes Powerful modes You might choose: - Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo faced a mucky challenge: an excess of manure. Thinking laterally, it now earns over $60,000 per year by selling it as a nutrient-rich fertiliser to members of the local community. What's the 'manure' in this challenge? How is the 'manure' nourishing and strengthening you? And: "I had the ambition to not only go farther than man had gone before, but to go as far as it was possible to go." Captain James Cook, explorer. How far should you go? What does radical success look like? And: This is the simplest model of them all. - Is this a yes? Or is it a no? Which one is it? Then in each case answer the question: What thoughts & ideas do the 'flips' give me?
What will I do?	By when? First step is:
What will get in the way?	Personal limitations People External factors
What will support me?	Personal strengths People Resources
Accountability	To whom By when

This valuable tool is priced at US$60, including free shipping. Until Wednesday 5 October you will also receive the following benefits: -

A copy of The Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun, a delightful and beautifully designed set of cards in a compact desktop calendar format, which sells for $10

A ten part e-course over six weeks designed to support and enhance your use of Get Unstuck & Get Going

Free access to a monthly teleclass which explores different aspects of Get Unstuck & Get Going

Access to four web-based lessons, each lasting less than ten minutes and going into detail about what “stuck” looks like, how to do more Great Work and less Good Work, how to generate ideas, and how to double the likelihood you'll achieve your goal.

This is an interesting new product which I am sure will be useful to new coaches and to managers who wish to use coaching as a management style. Better order it by 5^th October!

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