Working with others is harder than it should be, and we know good relationships are essential for team and organizational success. Michael Bungay Stanier recognizes it’s easy to jump into the work. However, he joins Kevin to discuss the importance of the process and agree on how to do the work first. He suggests having a “keystone conversation” to build mutual understanding before starting a project. He suggests 5 questions to ask, these include: Amplify questions - what’s your best? Steady questions – what are your practices or preferences? Good Date and Bad Date questions – what did you learn from past successful and frustrating relationships? Repair questions – how do we fix it when things go wrong?

Meet Michael

• Name: Michael Bungay Stanier
• His Story: Michael Bungay Stanier is the author of The Coaching Habit, the best-selling coaching book of the century, and his most recent book, How to Work with (Almost) Anyone. Michael was a Rhodes Scholar. In 2019, he was named the #1 thought leader in coaching. Michael was the first Canadian Coach of the Year, has been named a Global Coaching Guru since 2014, and was a Rhodes Scholar. Michael founded Box of Crayons, a learning and development company that had helped hundreds of organizations transform from advice-driven to curiosity-led. He’s Australian and lives in Toronto, Canada.
• https://www.mbs.works/ 
• https://www.bestpossiblerelationship.com/
• https://www.instagram.com/mbs_works
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelbungaystanier
• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdFUOWjr4uI6T45zN1uJZ3Q
• https://www.twitter.com/mbs_works
• https://www.facebook.com/mbs_works-113849977032317

Book Recommendations

• How to Work with (Almost) Anyone: Five Questions for Building the Best Possible Relationships by Michael Bungay Stanier 
• Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well by Amy C. Edmondson 
• Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results by Shane Parrish 
• The Iliad by Homer (Author), Emily Wilson (Translator) 

Related Episodes

• Doing Great Work with Michael Bungay Stanier
• Understanding the Style of Others with Guy Harris
• The Lost Art of Connecting with Susan McPherson

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