354: Handling Defensiveness and More Questions, with Bonni Stachowiak

Bonni Stachowiak: Teaching in Higher Ed

Bonni Stachowiak is the host of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast, a professor of business and management at Vanguard University, and my life partner. Prior to her academic career, Bonni was a human resources consultant and executive officer for a publicly traded company. She joins me monthly to respond to listener questions.

Questions

• Marcelo asked about how to navigate boundaries between personal and professional relationships.
• Martin asked for advice on handling defensiveness from an employee.
• Louise wanted our advice on negotiating a new position in her company — and potentially stepping away from leadership.

Resources Mentioned

• Books by Edgar Shein*
• The Coaching Habit* by Michael Bungay Stanier
• Dan Pink’s 1-3-20 podcast
• Seth Godin’s Akimbo podcast
• Getting Things Done podcast
• NPR: Up First podcast
• Pod Save the People podcast
• Ear Hustle podcast
• Brains On podcast

Related Episodes

• The Seven Steps You Follow To Delegate Work (episode 117)
• How to Manage Former Peers, with Tom Henschel (episode 257)
• The Way to Stop Rescuing People From Their Problems, with Michael Bungay Stanier (episode 284)

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