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FranklinCovey On Leadership with Scott Miller

William Ury: How to Survive (and Thrive) in an Age of Conflict

FranklinCovey On Leadership with Scott Miller

FranklinCovey

Business, Management

4.9851 Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Learning how to thrive in an age of conflict is a superpower, and its one very close to William Ury’s heart. William joins On Leadership to share stories that illustrate key principles he has learned about negotiation that works. Setting aside your own agenda to truly listen and connect with the other person and focusing on finding creative solutions that satisfy the interests of all sides are among the principles William brings to life with his stories. He also emphasizes the importance of becoming someone who is curious, creative, and collaborative in approaching conflicts and challenges, a powerful combination he attributes to “Possibilists.”

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome back to another episode of Franklin Covey's Twice Weekly podcast on Leadership with Scott Miller, six years 400 plus episodes aired that release every Tuesday and Friday, where I'm privileged to interview some of the world's most renowned thought leaders.

0:27.6

Oftentimes they show up as authors or researchers, academics. In some cases, they are former diplomats, ambassadors, governors, people that have had service to their countries or

0:39.5

organizations for many decades. Frequently, it's entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, CEOs,

0:45.8

artists, creators, people of all walks of life that have dedicated some portion of their life

0:51.0

to create expertise or learn some lessons or in some cases survive

0:56.2

unspeakable tragedies and summon the courage to teach us through it. This podcast is designed to make

1:03.6

you a better leader, formally, informally, in your offices, places of work or in your homes.

1:09.7

Franklin Covey, of course, is known as the world's most

1:12.7

trusted leadership company, founded in part by our co-founder and the seminal author Stephen Covey,

1:18.8

who wrote the book, Amongst Many, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. Today, I'm delighted

1:24.8

to spotlight and converse with William Urey.

1:28.3

He is the co-author of the renowned book, Getting to Yes, and the most recent book called Possible.

1:35.3

Now, this is an interesting book because it focuses on how we not just survive, but also thrive in an age of conflict, something I think everyone is intimately

1:46.9

aware with it, our personal lives, our professional lives, or as citizens as voters of our states

1:53.6

and counties and countries, and for those of you who are around the world, however, your

1:57.5

country is organized as well. William Urey, welcome to On Leadership.

2:03.3

It's a huge pleasure to be here, Scott. I was, I counted Stephen Covey as a friend back in the day,

2:10.6

and so it was just a huge pleasure to be on a podcast. Well, he is shining down on us, hopefully,

2:16.4

and I hope that he and his family watched this in whatever capacity,

2:20.8

because in many ways this podcast is a tribute to all that I learned from him and the literally

2:26.6

hundreds of millions of people around the world that have either read his books or attended

2:30.7

the Seven Habits courses or other things like that. Okay, let's get down to one of the most important things.

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