Episode 170. Michael Bungay Stanier interview

My guest today is the wonderful Michael Bungay Stanier. Michael is at the forefront of shaping how organizations around the world make being coach-like an essential leadership behavior and competency. His book The Coaching Habit is the best-selling coaching book of this century, with over 700,000 copies sold and 1,000+ five-star reviews on Amazon. In 2019, he was named the #1 thought leader in coaching, and was shortlisted for the coaching prize by Thinkers50, the “Oscars of management”. Michael was the first Canadian Coach of the Year and has been named a Global Coaching Guru since 2014. He was a Rhodes Scholar.I’ve hassled Michael to be on my show for nearly 3 years and so am incredibly excited to finally be able to bring you this interview. His book is an absolute favourite of mine and is essential readingThis was a particularly enjoyable conversation and covered a wide range of perspectives on how to understand and deal with insecurity. Here are some of the great topics we explored: Story tellingThe cleft pallet advantageThe paradox of being important and insignificant at the same time.The definition of great coachingThe value of reading more fictionHow astronauts can help us think more clearlyThe darwinian value of insecurity You can find out more about Michael and subscribe to ‘The year of living brilliantly’ for FREE here: https://www.mbs.works