## The five questions of a Keystone Conversation - The Amplify Question: What’s your best? - The Steady Question: What are your practices and preferences? - The Good Date Question: What can you learn from successful past relationships? - The Bad Date Question: What can you learn from frustrating past relationships? - The Repair Question: How will you fix it when things go wrong? ## What is the relationship with the person you are having a conversation with  Yo. A direct report ort  Your boss  A peer  A key colleague  A senior player  Someone with influence Relationship Stage  Onboarding  Brand new  Early days  In the middle of the journey  Coming to its end Someone with resources  A gatekeeper  A vendor  A prospect  A client Relationship Health  Untested  A thing of beauty  Frustrating and broken  Perfectly adequate  Going stale Why Does It Matter To You?  I’m committed to having my people flourish  I want to set us up for success  How we’re currently working together is a source of unhappiness  I want to keep a good thing going  I feel like we’ve accepted mediocrity  I want a relationship of trust and accountability  How we’re currently working together is a source of anger and frustration  I want to lessen future disappointments  I want to be braver/clearer/more transparent in how I show up in working relationships  If we don’t course correct now, it might be too late ## Sources https://coachingforleaders.com/podcast/start-better-with-peers-michael-bungay-stanier/