437. How to Work with (Almost) Anyone
The ONE Thing
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4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2024
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Do you ever wonder how to build effective, lasting relationships in your professional life? Today on The ONE Thing Podcast, we’re diving into this crucial topic with none other than Michael Bungay Stanier, a name many of you are already familiar with. Michael, acclaimed for his best-selling book "The Coaching Habit," a favorite in my own collection and hailed as the best selling coaching book of the century, joins us to share his wisdom. His latest work, "How to Work with Almost Anyone," cleverly titled "*Almost Anyone," reveals the secrets to forging the best possible relationships with key colleagues and clients.
As a Rhodes Scholar and the recent recipient of the prestigious Coaching Prize by Thinkers 50, widely regarded as the Oscars of Management, Michael's insights are invaluable for anyone looking to enhance their professional connections. Whether you're a seasoned executive or just starting your career, understanding how to navigate and nurture workplace relationships is key to success.
So, if you're looking to transform your work relationships and create a more fulfilling professional life, tune in to this insightful discussion with Michael Bungay Stanier. Let’s unravel the art of building impactful relationships at work, right here, on The ONE Thing.
To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: the1thing.com/pods.
We talk about:
- How to build successful workplace relationships
- Strategies for forging effective and lasting connections with colleagues and clients
- The importance of nurturing professional relationships for career advancement and personal fulfillment
- Practical tips and tools for improving communication and collaboration in a professional setting
Links & Tools from This Episode:
- Learn more at mbs.works
- Read: How to Work with (Almost) Anyone
- Follow Michael on Instagram: @mbs_works
- Connect with Michael on LinkedIn
- Free Resources
- Want to be a guest or share feedback? Email [email protected]
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome back to the One Thing podcast. I am personally so |
| 0:08.4 | excited today we have Michael Bungay Stanier who's best known many of many of you listening already know who this is because he's best known for the coaching habit, one of my absolute top five favorite books, best-selling coaching book and |
| 0:24.0 | Especially Mine. |
| 0:25.0 | His most recent book, How to Work with Almost Anyone. |
| 0:27.8 | My favorite title, Asteris Almost Anyone, |
| 0:31.4 | shows how to build the best possible relationships with key people at work. |
| 0:34.7 | He's also a Rhodes Scholar and was recently awarded the coaching prize by Thinkers 50, the Oscars of management. |
| 0:40.9 | So I am so privileged, we are so privileged to have you today. Thank you for being here, Michael. |
| 0:45.0 | Oh, I am delighted. And I love that you like the title of the new book because if you write a book, you know that writing the book takes about nine months and coming up with a title for the book takes about a year and a half. |
| 0:57.5 | You spend a whole life, you spend all your time worrying about the title. |
| 1:01.5 | And so when I came up with the title, I had to work with almost anyone. |
| 1:04.0 | I'm like, this is the best book title I have ever come up with. |
| 1:07.2 | So I'm glad you like it because I love it too. |
| 1:09.8 | Well you were smart too because you can't, from, I always have a marketing and sales mind and I look at |
| 1:16.7 | putting something on the shelf that's going to be super catchy but you can back yourself into a corner |
| 1:21.0 | because I'm sure someone's going to stop you at an airport or at one of your events and say |
| 1:24.6 | Michael your book said I could work with anyone and I've got this one person who's totally |
| 1:30.5 | impossible so you gave yourself an asterisk. You said, it's almost |
| 1:34.4 | and exactly. And quite frankly, I don't know how to work with anyone. |
| 1:38.8 | I have plenty of failures in my past to people I've tried to work with, clients and people who I've led on a team and bosses I've had. |
| 1:47.0 | Believe me, this book is in part built on the scars and the failures of my own working relationships. |
| 1:53.9 | But I do think almost all of your working relationships can be better. |
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