Michael Bungay Stanier is the founder and senior partner of Box of Crayons, a firm that assists companies such as AstraZeneca and Xerox in doing more outstanding work. He is a prominent speaker at business and coaching conferences and was selected Canadian Coach of the Year in 2006. He is a Rhodes scholar who received both arts and law degrees with highest honors from Australian National University and an MPhil from Oxford. He is based in Toronto.