39 min
50th Episode: Drama in Organizations: Wasting the Opportunity of Conflict with Cy Wakeman Compassionate Accountability Podcast
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Dr. Nathan Regier, your host, welcomes Cy Wakeman to this special 50th episode of The Compassionate Accountability Podcast. Cy is a drama researcher, international leadership speaker, and consultant. In 2001, she founded Reality-Based Leadership. Cy works with organizations globally to ditch the drama, hardwire accountability into their teams, and turn excuses into results.
Key Takeaways:
[2:18] What did motivate Cy to research drama?
[6:24] CY defines drama and how that relates to leadership training.
[7:28] Cy advises to consider drama as waste (and organizations know what to do with waste in their processes)
[8:22] What are the key sources of trauma? Ego and lack of accountability are the first two drama triggers.
[11:03] Conflict is just energy! Either we waste it or take advantage of it.
[13:05] Love up (compassion) and Call up (accountability).
[19:30] Cy explains the notion of Reality-based Leadership, considering that multiple things are true simultaneously and expanding on the future of leadership.
[22:21] We all want success and happiness.
[27:15] Reality-based thinking: Given this reality, what are some ways we can be great?
[30:56] You have drama in your organization because you hired it, you enabled it, or you are it.
[34:39] Cy talks about how she helps organizations.
[35:50] Cy shares what is on the horizon for her now: Transitioning her organization to her team.
Mentioned in this episode:
The Compassion Mindset
Compassionate Accountability: How Leaders Build Connection and Get Results, Nate Regier
Visit Next-Element
Right Kind of Wrong: The Art of Failing Well, Amy Edmondson
Tweetables:
“Drama is energy that goes away from results and well being” #oncompassion
“Drama is an emotional waste.” #oncompassion
“Ego is the number one key source of trauma.” #oncompassion
“Modern leadership is managing the energy of people.” #oncompassion
“Rules without relationship equals rebellion.” #oncompassion
“A bad day for the ego is a great day for the leader.” #oncompassion
“You have drama in your organization because you hired it, you enabled it, or you are it.” #oncompassion
“You are the source of all your problems.” #oncompassion
Dr. Nathan Regier, your host, welcomes Cy Wakeman to this special 50th episode of The Compassionate Accountability Podcast. Cy is a drama researcher, international leadership speaker, and consultant. In 2001, she founded Reality-Based Leadership. Cy works with organizations globally to ditch the drama, hardwire accountability into their teams, and turn excuses into results.
Key Takeaways:
[2:18] What did motivate Cy to research drama?
[6:24] CY defines drama and how that relates to leadership training.
[7:28] Cy advises to consider drama as waste (and organizations know what to do with waste in their processes)
[8:22] What are the key sources of trauma? Ego and lack of accountability are the first two drama triggers.
[11:03] Conflict is just energy! Either we waste it or take advantage of it.
[13:05] Love up (compassion) and Call up (accountability).
[19:30] Cy explains the notion of Reality-based Leadership, considering that multiple things are true simultaneously and expanding on the future of leadership.
[22:21] We all want success and happiness.
[27:15] Reality-based thinking: Given this reality, what are some ways we can be great?
[30:56] You have drama in your organization because you hired it, you enabled it, or you are it.
[34:39] Cy talks about how she helps organizations.
[35:50] Cy shares what is on the horizon for her now: Transitioning her organization to her team.
Mentioned in this episode:
The Compassion Mindset
Compassionate Accountability: How Leaders Build Connection and Get Results, Nate Regier
Visit Next-Element
Right Kind of Wrong: The Art of Failing Well, Amy Edmondson
Tweetables:
“Drama is energy that goes away from results and well being” #oncompassion
“Drama is an emotional waste.” #oncompassion
“Ego is the number one key source of trauma.” #oncompassion
“Modern leadership is managing the energy of people.” #oncompassion
“Rules without relationship equals rebellion.” #oncompassion
“A bad day for the ego is a great day for the leader.” #oncompassion
“You have drama in your organization because you hired it, you enabled it, or you are it.” #oncompassion
“You are the source of all your problems.” #oncompassion
39 min