The Great Work Podcast
By Michael Bungay Stanier
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Box of Crayons' Senior Partner, Michael Bungay Stanier talks to inspiring leaders and thinkers about how they find, start, and sustain their Great Work.
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CleanHow to Best Prepare for Times of Stress | Everybody has those days where they feel a little more anxiety, a little more stress, than usual. I recently heard a quote that was attributed to a Navy SEAL: “Under stress, you sink to the level of your training.” Such a See the full episode | 9/23/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAmy Whitaker on the Bridge Between the Creative and the Practical | Around 2004, Dan Pink said—and I’m paraphrasing here—“The MFA is actually the new MBA because these are the skills that are required to really flourish in work.” However, figuring out how to bring our creative selves into a hectic, often See the | 9/15/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBill Jensen on Simplicity | In The Simplicity Survival Handbook, Bill Jensen offers up — in a way that is practical and easy to read — strategies for doing less but accomplishing more. Bill was one of my very first Great Work Podcast interviews, so it’s appropriate See the f | 9/9/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanJessica Hagy on the Importance of Curiosity | Jessica Hagy is an artist, a visual storyteller and the author of the book How to Be Interesting. I spoke to Jessica three or so years ago and was truly impressed by her wake-up call to be the hero of our own See the full episode | 9/8/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanJennifer Louden on Creating Daily Joy | If you’ve read this blog or listened to my interviews over the years, you’ll be familiar with Jennifer Louden. Jen is part of my Brain Trust, a group of mastermind people who support each other through strategy and tactics, hugs and arse See t | 9/7/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRobert Biswas-Diener on Courage | Here at Box of Crayons we often talk about how Great Work has three key attributes: focus, courage and resilience. Four years ago, I interviewed Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener about his book The Courage Quotient, which explores the science of courage and myth | 9/6/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow to Stay Courageous in the Scary Moments | There are times when we are called forth to be a bigger, bolder, better version of ourselves. To do so, we need courage. When we can access our courage, it allows us to take a stand and gives us a See the full episode | 9/6/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPamela Slim on Helping People Do Great Work | Before writing the powerful and transformative book Body of Work, Pamela Slim was best known for her Escape from Cubicle Nation, an impassioned plea to organizations to let people do Great Work — or let them go free. That’s when I first interviewe | 9/5/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanLisa Bodell on Challenging the Status Quo | I’m a big believer in the saying that, with the exception of gravity, all rules are negotiable. Lisa Bodell, founder and CEO of futurethink, as well as the author of the provocative culture-change book Kill the Company: End the Status Quo, Start an | 9/2/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPhilip Zimbardo on Being a Hero in Training | Philip Zimbardo is a psychologist and a professor emeritus at Stanford University. He’s probably best known for his book The Lucifer Effect, which is a powerful and disturbing look at why good people do bad things, based on the findings of the See t | 9/1/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSally Hogshead on How to Fascinate | My friend Sally Hogshead is a New York Times bestselling author and world-class branding expert. Her book How the World Sees You: Discover Your Highest Value Through the Science of Fascination is based on the premise that to become more successful, yo | 8/31/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRaj Sisodia on Conscious Capitalism | This week during our month-long 300th-episode celebration, I’m bringing back some of the most provocative interviews I’ve had over the past few years of podcasting. One of those thought-provoking conversations was with Raj Sisodia, who waves t | 8/30/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDaniel Witthaus on Open Conversations | Daniel Witthaus is a gay rights advocate and education activist on a mission to eliminate homophobia. In 2002 he launched Pride & Prejudice, an educational program aimed at helping secondary school teachers challenge homophobia in their classrooms. Si | 8/29/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanGina Trapani on Choices | Gina Trapani is a web developer and writer, and one of the most influential people in technology — she was recently named as among the 100 most awesome women in the open source community. I’m revisiting this interview with Gina as part See the full | 8/26/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTal Ben-Shahar on Happiness | As you know, dear reader, we are in the midst of celebrating of our 300th episode of the Great Work Podcast, and I’m reaching into the vaults to pull out some of the most enlightened, most profound conversations I’ve had See the full episode | 8/25/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanLeo Babauta on Zen Habits | Leo Babauta is a guy I have long known, admired and liked. He’s been a guest on this podcast twice over the years, and these interviews are some of the most popular here on the Great Work Podcast. He’s the See the full episode | 8/24/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBJ Fogg on Behaviour Change | When it comes to rewiring our patterns, one of the biggest names in behaviour change is BJ Fogg. He’s a teacher at Stanford University, where he leads the Persuasion Technology Lab, and also the force behind the website Tiny Habits. See the full epi | 8/23/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanCharles Duhigg on Building Habits | Hello and welcome to week 2 of our Great Work Podcast 300th-episode celebration. All this week I’ll be pulling out the best of the best from our vaults to highlight fascinating conversations featuring actionable insights. Be sure to comment here on | 8/22/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDan Siegel on Integration | As part of the research for this month-long celebration of our 300th podcast, I took a look back at some of the most popular episodes, and in that Top 10 is this conversation with Dan Siegel. Dan is a clinical See the full episode | 8/19/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMary Beth O’Neill on Leading with Backbone and Heart | Mary Beth O’Neill is one of my heroes. I spoke with her back in 2011, and it’s a conversation that still resonates today. (Plus it is one of my most popular podcasts from the previous 300 episodes.) She is the author of See the full episode | 8/18/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDanielle LaPorte on Being Your True Self | We’re on a roll with our month-long 300th-episode celebration. So I’m pleased to share my conversation with Danielle LaPorte, which took place a few years ago. Danielle writes and speaks extensively on how to live an authentic, damn good life | 8/17/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDan Coyle on the Neuroscience of Talent | As part of our celebration of 300 episodes of the Great Work Podcast, I’m revisiting a handful of conversations that feature astute insights and actionable takeaways. I spoke to Dan Coyle, author of The Talent Code: Greatness Isn’t Born; It | 8/16/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBrené Brown on How to Be Vulnerable | As part of our month-long celebration of our 300th-episode milestone, I’m revisiting some of my favourite, most provocative, most popular and most insightful Great Work Podcast conversations. I’m kicking things off with a riveting discussion I | 8/15/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThree Lessons Learned from 300 Podcasts | Today is a huge milestone for the Great Work Podcast. It’s the 300th episode since the podcast launched back in 2009, when it was originally called Great Work Interviews. I wanted to take this moment to reflect on some of See the full episode | 8/11/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhen You’re Looking for the Best Advice | In a quandary? Don’t know what to do? We all have moments when we aren’t sure which path is the right one for us. I’m sharing a short poem by Marie Howe, called “My Dead Friends.” I think you may See the full episode | 8/4/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMy Four Favourite Books to Build Resilience | We live in a “VUCA” time: Volatile, Unpredictable, Complex and Ambiguous. To survive, you need to be developing your own sense of personal resilience. I have four books to share with you. In each one I think there are some See the full episod | 7/28/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTo Serve Is to Live, with Frances Hesselbein | When 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 See the full epis | 7/22/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhen You Feel Too Old or It Feels Too Late | We’ve all been there. Those days when we feel a little lost, perhaps too old to try something new or like you’ve missed the bus on an opportunity. The ability for you to do your Great Work really comes down See the full episode | 7/15/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAmy Cuddy on Power, Presence & Your Boldest Self | I’m excited to be speaking to Amy Cuddy, who you may remember from her incredible TED Talk on power poses. Amy has a new book out, Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges, in which she presents the underlying See the full epi | 7/7/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhen You’ve Got a Difficult Decision to Make | Can making a difficult decision be as simple as finding the easy way, and stepping into a more comfortable pattern? Listen to this poem and decide for yourself. https://s3.amazonaws.com/movie-boxofcrayonsshorts/GreenScreen/When-youve-got-a-difficult-decis | 6/30/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRon Friedman Takes on Bad Workplaces | Did you know that over 80% of the world’s employees are disengaged at work? That figure is both enormous and depressing. Unfortunately, too many workplaces can be a mediocre environment — the kind of environment that saps people’s spirit, engagemen | 6/24/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhitney Johnson on How to Get to the Next Level | When you are up to your eyeballs in the Good Work you do every day, it’s sometimes impossible to figure out how to level up and get to your Great Work. That’s why I’m excited to be speaking to Whitney Johnson, See the full episode | 6/16/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow to Stay Focused in a World of Distractions | It’s a distracting world out there. In the overwhelm of our workday, it’s easy to fall into the trap of trying to do it all at once. We’ve all been there—checking email while on a conference call or switching between See the full episode | 6/9/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTaking on Change: Nancy Duarte & Patti Sanchez | Nancy Duarte, who has been a guest on this podcast more than once, is the well-known author of Slide:ology, a mind-blowing book about how to make PowerPoint not suck, as well as Resonate, which focuses on design. She’s also been one of the forces Se | 6/2/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow to Lead More and Control Less | I’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 thre | 5/27/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhat’s the Right Kind of Crazy? Interview with Adam Steltzner | No doubt you are familiar with the phrase “Well, it’s not rocket science.” But you know, sometimes it actually is rocket science, and that’s what’s perfect about this next podcast interview I’ve got to share with you. I talk to Adam See the f | 5/19/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe 3 Best Books for Everyday Creativity | There’s a challenge with creativity and the way we think about it in our organizational life: it’s not part of our job description. It’s really important for all of us to understand that creativity is actually an everyday activity. It’s See the fu | 5/12/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDan Pontefract Uncovers the Purpose Effect | If Good Work is your job description, and getting stuff done for your organization, Great Work is about the work that has more impact, but also the work that has more meaning. It’s the work that lights you up. It’s See the full episode | 5/11/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhy You Need to Start Avoiding the Easy Answers | There’s a quote that always makes me laugh. It’s this: for every problem there’s an answer that’s simple, straightforward, and wrong. One of the key challenges that we face in our organizational life, is that we’re always looking for the See the | 5/6/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSally Osberg on How We Can Get Beyond Better | My guest today, Sally Osberg. She’s the CEO of the Skoll Foundation, and if you’re in the world of a social entrepreneurship you know that name well. Sally and Roger Martin, a previous guest on this podcast, have written a See the full episode | 5/5/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow to Help Your Team Get Smarter | As a leader and manager, you want to help your team thrive and grow. To do that, you also need to help them learn. People learn when you create an opportunity to stop for a moment and reflect upon what See the full episode | 4/28/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanNir Eyal On Challenging Convention | You can probably guess that I’m interested in habits. I mean, after all, I’ve just published a book called The Coaching Habit, and maybe you’ve heard my podcast interviews with some people who I think are real thought leaders in this See the full e | 4/27/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDoes Culture Trump Strategy? With Dee Ann Turner | What comes first: culture or strategy? My guest today is Dee Ann Turner, who’s been the VP of Global Talent for Chick-fil-A for 30-some years. She’s also the author of a new book, It’s My Pleasure: The Impact of Extraordinary Talent See the ful | 4/22/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSarah Green Carmichael on the Best New Ideas | Sarah Green Carmichael is an editor at Harvard Business Review. She is also the host of the HBR podcast called “The HBR IdeaCast” and has worked at HBR now for ten years. So Sarah has seen ideas come and go, See the full episode | 4/14/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhen You’re Looking for Inspiration | I love this poem by Yeats. It touches upon how ordinary moments can be the catalyst for profound happiness, freedom and epiphanies. https://s3.amazonaws.com/movie-boxofcrayonsshorts/GreenScreen/When-youre-looking-for-inspiration.mp3 You can bookmark this | 4/7/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTop Questions Every Manager Should Know | One of the questions I hear all the time is, “So what are the best coaching questions for me as a manager and a leader?” Tune into this podcast as I make the case for giving a little less advice and having See the full episode | 3/25/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanIs Management Permanently Broken? Interview with David Burkus | David Burkus is a busy man. He’s an author, a professor, a professional speaker, a podcaster and a tireless crusader for tearing down the wall between the ivory tower and the corner office. He’s also put a new book out See the full episode | 3/17/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanNeil Pasricha on Can You Find Happiness? | You probably know Neil Pasricha from his amazingly successful Little Book of Awesome series, or perhaps his fantastic TED Talk. He’s just released a new book called The Happiness Equation: Want Nothing + Do Anything = Have Everything. In this conver | 3/10/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow to Overcome Barriers to Coaching In Your Organization | One of the questions that comes up quite regularly when we’re talking to our clients at Box of Crayons is this: So, what are the barriers to coaching in the workplace? Coaching is a foundational skill for managers and leaders. And See the full episode | 3/9/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAmy Gallo on the Smartest Way to Manage Conflict at Work | Are you are a seeker of conflict or an avoider of conflict? Today I’m talking to Amy Gallo (AmyEGallo.com), the author of the HBR Guide to Managing Conflict at Work, a really practical, useful book. She also runs workshops on conflict See the full e | 3/3/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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