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190: The Commitment to Create with Michael Bungay Stanier (Momentum Book Club)

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How lucky are we? One of my favorite friendtors, Michael Bungay Stanier, is back to share his wisdom on creating while pivoting in this special Pivot Podcast + Momentum Book Club.

We talk about his favorite powerful coaching questions, navigating uncertainty, and his new book, The Advice Trap, as it relates to the pandemic—particularly with advice flying fast and furious everywhere these days!

He was recently on the podcast episode 156 talking about pivoting out of the CEO role of Box of Crayons, the company he founded nearly 20 years ago, and before that he helped kick things off waaay back in episode 26. Today you can find him at MBS.works, and check out his new podcast, We Will Get Through This.

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More About Michael Bungay Stanier

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Michael Bungay Stanier is at the forefront of shaping how organizations around the world make being coach-like an essential leadership 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.

Michael’s the founder of Box of Crayons, a learning and development company that helps unleash the power of curiosity to create connected and engaged company cultures. We help organizations transform from advice-driven to curiosity-led. Box of Crayons’ clients are global.

Michael is a compelling keynote speaker, combining practicality, humour, and an unprecedented degree of engagement with the audience. He’s spoken around the world in front of crowds ranging from ten to ten thousand. Learn more at MBS.works, and check out his new podcast, We Will Get Through This.

 Topics We Cover

  • His new book, The Advice Trap, as it relates to the pandemic —particularly with advice flying fast and furious everywhere!

  • Our brains hate uncertainty; we have a physical response to it

  • Finding the right balance between the light and the dark

  • How he’s navigating his personal pivot-in-progress while the world is shaken up in a snow globe; reflection and reinvention

  • Resisting the temptation to over-schedule, fill-up free time 

  • “Coaching is subtraction” 

  • Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies Pack

  • The power of “what else?" x 5!

  • Removing the masks you wear and the games you play

  • Three advice monsters: Tell It, Save It, Control It

  • What was most helpful / useful about this? Co-creating responsibility 

  • At the end of meetings: what needs to be said that hasn’t been said?

  • Michael’s three commitments of the year: to be exuberant, to be a host, to create big and small 

  • Goal: Shoot at least one video per day, more than 30 seconds but less than two minutes, make it personal, start with a little story

  • Get caught up in the process — what plays to your strengths? 

  • How to nurture curiosity and creativity 

  • How do you make my life better? vs. Explaining something intellectually or from the provider’s perspective

  • What are you discovering about yourself during this time?

  • At the end of meetings: What needs to be said that hasn’t been said?

  • There is value in protecting the tone of your brand at a time like this

  • Michael’s new podcast, We Will Get Through This

Resources Mentioned

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