How to Work With Almost Anyone: Five Questions for Building the Best Possible Relationships

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The book is called How to Work with Almost Anyone. It includes five questions for building the best possible relationships. "I'm terrified of engaging in those words," says co-author Pete Wojciechowski. But he hopes people have heard that this isn't just for the people you manage and lead.

Michael Bungay Stanier reveals the simple secret to forging better relationships at work and in life.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The key factor that builds and ruins relationships.

2) The way to mend damaged relationships.

3) The simple question that helps maintain your relationships.

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— ABOUT MICHAEL —

Michael Bungay Stanier helps people know they’re awesome and they’re doing great. He’s best known for The Coaching Habit, the best-selling coaching book of the century and already recognized as a classic. His new book, How to Work with (Almost) Anyone, does what it says on the label. Michael was a Rhodes scholar and dabbles in the ukulele. He’s Australian, and lives in Toronto, Canada.

• Book: How to Work with (Almost) Anyone: Five Questions for Building the Best Possible Relationships (website)

• Book: The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever

• Website: MBS.works

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: Managing Up: How to Move up, Win at Work, and Succeed with Any Type of Boss by Mary Abbajay

• Book: An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Young

• Book: A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

• Book: An Imaginary Life by David Malouf

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• Past episode: 279: How to Feel More Alive at Work with Dan Cable

• Past episode: 707: Amy Edmondson on How to Build Thriving Teams with Psychological Safety

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