In order for your work relationships to serve you well, they need to be safe, repairable and vital. In AHRI’s latest podcast episode, coaching expert Michael Bungay Stanier outlines how to make this happen.
What if you could make your trickiest relationships at work just 30 per cent better? Perhaps you figured out a professional way to manage an annoying colleague or address the energy drainer or micromanager in your team.
Small improvements to a working relationship make for significant boosts to your experience at work, says author and coaching expert Michael Bungay Stanier. In the latest episode of AHRI’s podcast, Let’s Take This Offline, Bungay Stanier shares insights from his latest book, How To Work With (Almost) Anyone, which are designed to help you create more robust and resilient relationships with your key stakeholders at work.
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Jump to the section that interests you most:
- 5:26 minutes – How HR can contribute to forming adult-to-adult relationships at work
- 6:48 minutes – Michael unpacks the concept of ‘keystone conversations’
- 9:20 minutes – The three core qualities of healthy workplace relationships
- 12:26 minutes – How to address underlying issues that can damage workplace relationships
- 18:08 minutes – Getting buy-in for relationship-building initiatives
- 22:44 minutes – Overcoming tension between employees and management
- 27:09 minutes – How to facilitate ‘coaching conversations’ among your people
Download the podcast transcript here.
More resources
If you’d like to put some of Bungay Stainer’s insights into action, you can download his ‘questions that lead to stronger relationships‘ guide or his ‘7 questions for an effective coaching session’ guide.
Want more insights from a range of experts? Listen to the rest of season one of AHRI’s new podcast:
- Episode one: Designing a culture journey with Shane Hatton
- Episode two: Rethinking learning and development with Rod Farmer
- Episode three: Doing HR differently with Lucy Adams
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