About Michael Bungay Stanier
Michael Bungay Stanier is the founder and Senior Partner of Box of Crayons, a company that helps organizations do less Good Work and more Great Work.
His first book, Get Unstuck & Get Going on the stuff that matters, won a number of awards and was endorsed by Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop, the management expert Peter Block, business author and coach Marshall Goldsmith and many others.
Michael has also created The Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun and The 5.75 Question You’ve Been Avoiding, short internet movies seen by millions of people around the world.
Michael was a Rhodes Scholar and the 2006 Canadian Coach of the Year. He is Australian and now lives in Canada.
David Allen
Author of Getting Things Done
Box of Crayons
Box of Crayons helps organizations do less Good Work and more Great Work.
Our flagship product is the Coaching for Great Work which gives managers and leaders practical coaching skills that stick. It is run in blue chip organizations around the world by a global faculty.
Box of Crayons has worked across most business sectors and has particular expertise in the professional service and pharmaceutical sectors. Our clients range from American Express to Xerox.

















