Join ICF NYC’s Breakfast and a Book Club meeting to kick off your month with a mental boost and welcome our new host Rich Heller.

THIS IS A SPECIAL BOOK CLUB MEETING WITH ACCLAIMED AUTHOR MICHAEL BUNGAY STANIER

Rich Heller will kick off his term as Book Club host as we launch the third iteration of the ICF NYC Book Club and explore Michael Bungay Stanier’s latest title, How to Work with (Almost) Anyone. Some of Michael’s prior books have been past Book Club favorites, so we’re excited to dive into his latest. And, as an added plus, we’re also looking forward to having Michael join us as a special Book Club guest to enrich the September conversation!

A special note: Our Sept Book Club event falls on the anniversary of Sept 11. We will start the meeting with an acknowledgement of the day's significance to our City and also hold a moment of silence at 8:46.

About the ICF NYC Book Club

The ICF NYC Book Club is an opportunity for attendees to delve deeper into their learning from the book and to share highlights from what they read, implications for their coaching practice, and more. Book club meetings are not book previews or presentations and active participation and contribution is expected from all attendees.

Come having read the book - in at least part if not full. Our Book Club meetings are lively, interactive discussions where attendees share highlights and key learnings from the month’s book, raise questions or points of disagreement, and share with each other potential applications for or experiences from their coaching practice. On the occasion when we are lucky enough to have an author join, we gain from their added perspective, but our Book Club meetings are joint learning and not presentations.

ICF NYC Breakfast and a Book Club is a benefit for chapter members. There is no charge to chapter members to attend, and participation earns 1 CCEU (type to be confirmed, typically a mix of Core Competency and Resource Development).

Meeting Guidelines:

Out of respect for our facilitator and other attendees, you are expected to have read the book, or at a minimum, significant portions of it, prior to attending so that meaning, intent and application may be discussed with depth. Familiarity with the content enables a much more meaningful exchange and conversation.

As with any virtual call, please be prepared to have your video and audio on, with limited distraction. Turn off all notifications.

In order to receive CCEU credit, you must be present and actively participate.

Come in your pajamas! We don’t care about how you look or if you’re munching, only the intellectual contribution you bring.

Meetings will be held consistently on the second Monday of each month at 8 AM (except where may be otherwise indicated).

Attendance at every meeting is not necessary. You may participate based upon your preference for the book. The intended purpose of this offering is to broaden and deepen our knowledge of current practices in the coaching profession and in the business world.

Please register early! If registration is low, or non-existent, for any specific book, we will revisit the selection and float a poll to the membership to select a replacement book. We therefore encourage participants to register early for meetings so that we may assess interest at an early stage.

About The Book

Title: How to Work with (Almost) Anyone

Author: Michael Bungay Stanier

Publication Date: June 2023

Description:

Your happiness and success depend on your working relationships. The people you manage. How well you work with your boss. The way collaboration happens with colleagues and peers. How you connect with important prospects and key clients.

But the hard truth is this: most of us leave the health and fate of these relationships to chance. We say “Hi,” exchange pleasantries, hope for the best, and immediately get into the work.

Soon (sometimes it takes weeks, sometimes minutes), the first cracks appear. A misunderstanding. An expectation not met. A low-grade irritation. A random act of weirdness. Different ways of seeing the world or getting things done. A flare-up under stress.

Every relationship becomes suboptimal at some point, whether it’s a good one that goes off the rails or one that was poor from the start.

When suboptimal happens, most of us don’t know what to do about it. We blame them, or ourselves, or the universe (or maybe all three). We get all the feelings: sad, let down, irritated, frustrated.

But mostly we are resigned to the fact that this is what happens: relationships always get a little broken, or a little stale, or a little worse. C’est la vie, c’est la guerre. Carry on.

In this practical session, you'll learn how to reverse that trend and build the best possible working relationship with anyone. Well, almost anyone. You will

• learn the three attributes of a resilient and long-lasting relationship
• understand how you can aspire to “the best possible relationship” with every one of your key working relationships
• investigate the one awkward but essential conversation that will set up success
• take a deep dive into one of the Keystone Conversation questions, and prepare your best answers to them

You will leave with a renewed optimism about the quality of their working relationships, a determination to actively manage them, and a plan to get things started.

What people are saying about Michael Bungay Stanier’s new book How to Work with (Almost) Anyone

The wisdom is real - it sticks. I haven’t stopped thinking about “Best Possible Relationships” and “Keystone Conversations.”

~ Brené Brown

This little volume has actionable advice on every page, and it’s a fun read, too.

~ Amy Edmondson, Professor, Harvard Business School, Author of The Fearless Organization

Michael's practical guide to cultivating keystone conversations can unlock the full potential of an individual, and that of the wider team and organization.

~ Loren I. Shuster, Chief People Officer & Head of Corporate Affairs, The LEGO Group

Here is a practical, tactical guide to help you rebuild this most human of skills: conversation. Essential!

~ Kim Scott, Author, Radical Candor & Just Work

Additional resources and information:

www.BestPossibleRelationships.com

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Michael Bungay Stanier helps people know they’re awesome and they’re doing great. He’s best known for The Coaching Habit, the best-selling coaching book of the century and recognized as a classic. His most recent book, How to Work with (Almost) Anyone, shows how to build the Best Possible Relationship with the key people at work. Michael was a Rhodes Scholar. He’s Australian, and lives in Toronto, Canada. Learn more at www.MBS.works.

MEET OUR HOST AND FACILITATOR

Rich Heller, PCC is a Relationship Coach and mediator. He is a PCC and a Master Practitioner of NLP, MER, ELI, and Hypnotherapy. Rich helps parents to transform a negative relationship with conflict into one in which they resolve differences creatively. He helps them learn the tools and techniques that they need to increase joy and resilience for themselves and their children.