887: How to Navigate Conflict and Find Clarity with Marc Lesser

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How to be Awesome at Your Job

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🗓️ 3 August 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Marc Lesser shows how to navigate difficult emotions and conversations to build thriving relationships.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why we shouldn’t be afraid of conflict.

2) The one question you need to ask when dealing with difficult people.

3) How to assess any relationship in 4 words.

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— ABOUT MARC —

Marc Lesser is a speaker, facilitator, workshop leader, and executive coach. He is the author of four books, including Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader: Lessons from Google and a Zen Monastery Kitchen, and CEO of ZBA Associates, an executive development and leadership consulting company. Lesser helped develop the world-renowned Search Inside Yourself (SIY) program within Google and was director of Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, the oldest Zen monastery in the Western world. He lives in Marin County, California, and leads Mill Valley Zen, a weekly meditation group.

• Book: Finding Clarity: How Compassionate Accountability Builds Vibrant Relationships, Thriving Workplaces, and Meaningful Lives

• Website: MarcLesser.net

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen

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0:00.0	Welcome to the How to Be Awesome at Your Job Podcast.
0:04.1	The show where brilliant professionals share how to sharpen the universal skills required
0:08.5	to flourish at work.
0:10.1	Enjoy more career fun, wins, meaning, and money with your host Pete McIdest.
0:16.1	Hello and thanks for joining us here for episode 888 with Mark Lessor.
0:23.1	Mark has some masterful perspective when it comes to navigating conflict well and finding
0:27.4	clarity within those tricky conversations and relationships.
0:31.6	You'll learn one, why we shouldn't be afraid of conflict, two, the question to ask when
0:36.9	dealing with difficult people.
0:38.5	And three, how to assess any relationship in four words.
0:42.0	So if you want to check out the show notes or the transcript or the links to items that
0:44.3	we've referenced here, please visit us over at awesom at your job.com slash EP 888.
0:51.0	Now here's a little bit about Mark.
0:52.5	Mark Lessor is a speaker, facilitator, workshop, leader, and executive coach.
0:55.7	He's the author of four books, including seven practices of a mindful leader, lessons
0:59.4	from Google and a Zen monastery kitchen and CEO of ZBA associates, an executive development
1:05.6	and leadership consulting company.
1:07.4	Lessor helped develop the world-renowned search inside your self-program with Google and
1:11.3	was director of the Tassahara Zen Mountain Center, the oldest Zen monastery in the Western
1:17.2	world.
1:18.2	He lives in Marin County, California and leads Mill Valley Zen, a weekly meditation group.
1:22.7	Big thanks to Mark for sharing his wisdom with us and big thanks to our sponsors.
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