• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Coaching for Leaders

Leaders Aren't Born, They're Made

Login
  • Plus Membership
  • Academy
  • About
  • Contact
  • Dashboard
  • Login
Episode

520: How to Inspire More Curiosity, with Shannon Minifie

Curiosity is a state, not a trait.
https://media.blubrry.com/coaching_for_leaders/content.blubrry.com/coaching_for_leaders/CFL520.mp3

Podcast: Download

Follow:
Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsStitcherSpotifyOvercast

Shannon Minifie: Box of Crayons

Shannon is the CEO of Box of Crayons, the firm behind the best-selling books The Coaching Habit* and The Advice Trap*. Box of Crayons is a learning and development company that helps unleash the power of curiosity to create connected and engaged company cultures.

Shannon followed an unusual path to becoming CEO of Box of Crayons. Her career began in academia, a pursuit driven by her desire to be a part of conversations she thinks are important. In 2016, she embarked on a new path, starting a career in corporate learning and development. She brings to her role more than a decade of experience in education and in practicing incisive investigation.

In this conversation, Shannon and I talk about the word curiosity and the reality that not everybody thinks about that word the same way we do. We explore the distinction between troublemakers and changemakers and provide practical suggestions to inspire more curiosity inside your organization. Plus, we highlight many of the common barriers to utilizing curiosity well.

Key Points

  • Curiosity is a state, not a trait.
  • Nobody says they are against curiosity. But the truth is that they’re suspicious of it.
  • Four things tend to hold firms back from the benefits of changemaker curiosity:
  1. Complacency: being used to the status quo.
  2. Delusion: the belief that they are already good at it.
  3. Environment: espoused values vs. what’s being done in practice because of real barriers.
  4. The Advice Monster: too much a cultural reliance on advice-giving.

Resources Mentioned

  • Box of Crayons
  • The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever* by Michael Bungay Stanier
  • The Advice Trap: Be Humble, Stay Curious & Change the Way You Lead Forever* by Michael Bungay Stanier

Related Episodes

  • How to Build Psychological Safety, with Amy Edmondson (episode 404)
  • The Way to Be More Coach-Like, with Michael Bungay Stanier (episode 458)
  • How to Build a Coaching Culture, with Andrea Wanerstrand (episode 501)

Discover More

Activate your free membership for full access to the entire library of interviews since 2011, searchable by topic.

Topic Areas:Coaching SkillsOrganizational Culture
cover-art

Coaching for Leaders Podcast

This Monday show helps you discover leadership wisdom through insightful conversations. Independently produced weekly since 2011, Dave Stachowiak brings perspective from a thriving, global leadership academy of managers, executives, and business owners, plus more than 15 years of leadership at Dale Carnegie.

Listen Now OnApple Podcasts
  • More Options
    • Google Podcasts
    • Stitcher
    • Spotify
    • TuneIn
    • Overcast

Activate Your Free Membership Today

Access our entire library of Coaching for Leaders episodes from 2011, searchable by topic.
Listen to the exclusive Coaching for Leaders MemberCast with bonus content available only to members.
Start Dave’s free audio course, 10 Ways to Empower the People You Lead.
Download our weekly leadership guide, including podcast notes and advice from our expert guests.

... and much more inside the membership!

Activate Your Free Membership
IMAGE
Copyright © 2023 · Innovate Learning, LLC
  • Plus Membership
  • Academy
  • About
  • Contact
  • Dashboard
×

Log in

 
 
Forgot Password

Not yet a member?

Activate your free membership today.

Register For Free
×

Register for Free Membership

Access our entire library of Coaching for Leaders episodes from 2011, searchable by topic.
Listen to the exclusive Coaching for Leaders MemberCast with bonus content available only to members.
Start Dave’s free audio course, 10 Ways to Empower the People You Lead.
Download our weekly leadership guide, including podcast notes and advice from our expert guests.

... and much more inside the membership!

Price:
Free
First Name Required
Last Name Required
Invalid Username
Invalid Email
Invalid Password
Password Confirmation Doesn't Match
 
Loading... Please fix the errors above