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Michael Bungay Stanier has a rich history of powerful podcasts, including the Great Work Podcast, We Will Get Through This, and 2 Pages with MBS. Find the best episodes in one place here on the Best of MBS.
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Coaching as a Strategic Business Lever with Sally Bonneywell
Mar 23, 202300:27:06Tap to summarizeThink coaching is a "feel good" HR initiative? Think again. In this episode of The Coaching Habit, Sally Bonneywell outlines how coaching can be a strategic tool that moves your organization closer toward its business objectives.
Transcribe →How To Harness The Power of Music with Nathan Leigh Jones, PhD Student In The Power Of Lyrics
Mar 16, 202300:24:29Tap to summarizeNathan Leigh Jones is a musician and an academic. He's performed all over the world, and is doing a PhD that exposes the impact of music and lyrics on emotional well-being. That expertise meant he was the official music curator at the World Happiness Summit. In our conversation, we talk about the dance between words and music, how you test to discover if lyrics really matter, and how to build the playlist you’re going to need.
Transcribe →Innovation in Culture Change with Laine Joelson Cohen
Mar 9, 202300:21:36Tap to summarizeToday's guest is Laine Joelson Cohen, one of the Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coach Group, as well as the Director of Leadership, Executive and Professional Development at Citi. Laine believes that using a coaching style and curiosity as a cornerstone to her work opens up channels of trust and leads to collaboration, performance, and impact.
Transcribe →How to Lead More and Control Less with Marvin Weisbord and Sandra Janoff
Mar 2, 202300:31:51Tap to summarizeI’m really happy to be talking to Marvin Weisbord and Sandra Janoff, the founders of Future Search. They have a terrific new book out called Lead More, Control Less: 8 Advanced Leadership Skills That Overturn Convention. In this conversation the three of us discuss: Why leaders need to give up control The importance of controlling “structure” rather than people How to view anxiety as blocked excitement What leaders can do to tap into the collective wisdom
Transcribe →How to Talk to People About Things with Misha Glouberman
Feb 23, 202300:26:03Tap to summarizeMisha Glouberman runs a program called “How to Talk to People About Things,” is a faculty director at the executive education program at the Ivy Business School, and the host of Trampoline Hall. In our conversation we work on how to get out of our own way when we’re having a conversation; the foundational error that derails a good conversation; how curiosity can be a saving grace; why we so often continue to tolerate short-term irritation; and why we’re often not bold enough in owning up to what irritates us most.
Transcribe →Nurturing Networks with Selena Soo
Feb 16, 202300:28:03Tap to summarizeAs a Marketing & Publicity Strategist, Selena Soo knows the value of relationships and helps others connect to influencers. In this interview, Selena reflects on how the fastest way to reach your goals is through nurturing networks. This episode explores how you can gain leverage and credibility by drawing on the platforms and reach of leaders.
Transcribe →Being Your True Self with Danielle LaPorte
Feb 9, 202300:24:28Tap to summarizeI’m pleased to share my conversation with Danielle LaPorte. Danielle writes and speaks extensively on how to live an authentic, damn good life and make an impact. She’s the author of The Fire Starter Sessions and The Desire Map.To this day, people will come up to me and tell me how this interview was an aha! moment for them to becoming more attuned to “wide-awake living.”In this interview, Danielle and I chat about: Being your true self – the most effective formula for success there is – and why it’s so hard to do. The “revelation of suckage,” and how getting in touch with your pain can bring about clarity and change. Why you don’t need trauma to grow, and how you can become aware of subtle nudges instead of getting hit by two-by-fours. Loving your fears and letting them be your teacher. How to increase the odds of enjoying what you get, when you get it.
Transcribe →How to Manage Your Mindset with Ric Leahy
Feb 2, 202300:41:11Tap to summarizeRic Leahy served on the staff of the Chief of the Australian Navy, and was awarded a Queen's Gold Medal, and later in his career the Conspicuous Service Cross. He now leads a number of leadership programs for Australia’s top business schools, has become a “neuro nerd” with an Executive Masters degree on neuroscience and leadership, and is an endurance athlete. In our conversation we talk about where we do our best thinking--and why--and three powerful mindsets: the Sensei, the Scientist and the Socializer.
Transcribe →Challenging Oppression in Company Cultures with Desiree Adaway
Jan 26, 202300:22:02Tap to summarizeDesiree Adaway, Principal at The Adaway Group, is a seasoned nonprofit consultant and facilitator. Her work involves helping people, organizations, and institutions change their company culture by addressing the norms, policies, and behaviours that maintain oppression.
Transcribe →To Serve is to Live with Frances Hesselbein
Jan 19, 202300:21:18Tap to summarizeWhen I think about the icons of management and leadership theorists, not many names come to mind. But a few do. Peter Block, Peter Drucker, Frances Hesselbein. In this interview, I had the deep pleasure of speaking with Frances from her office at the Frances Hesselbein Leadership Institute.For those of you who are not familiar with Frances, she held the position of CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA from 1976 to 1990 and is the recipient of 21 honorary doctoral degrees, the author of three autobiographies, and the co-editor of 30 books, now published in 29 languages. Her most recent book is titled Peter Drucker’s Five Most Important Questions: Enduring Wisdom for Today’s Leaders.In this interview, Frances and I discuss: How she met Peter Drucker Lessons learned from building strong partnerships The secret to a relevant, living mission statement
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