“Here is my messy, ugly, scabby fear…”
I love this audio interview with the one and only Michael Bungay Stanier. Besides having a great name, he’s got a real sense of fun about him that oozes into his coaching. I’ve been fortunate enough to know him for a little while, and he’s one of the best.
I love how he looks at things, and how he looks into things – click play to listen to his confidence interview, and let me know what jumps out for you.
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Michael Bungay Stanier is the Founder of Box of Crayons, a company that works with organizations and teams around the world to help them do less Good Work and more Great Work.
Michael was the 2006 Canadian Coach of the Year. He was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, and holds a Masters of Philosophy from Oxford, and law and arts degrees with highest honors from the Australian National University.
Michael’s latest book is Find Your Great Work: napkin-size solutions to stop the busywork and start the work that matters.
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April 14th, 2009 at 4:55 am
Great interview. But what is “NLP” terms that Michael keeps mentioning?
April 14th, 2009 at 5:58 am
@Geni: NLP is Neuro Linguistic Programming – a method for communicating and teaching the brain new, more effective ways of thinking about things. It’s a big subject – check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuro-linguistic_programming. Thanks for listening!