How to Be Awesome at Your Job

898: How to Reduce Workplace Drama and Ego with Cy Wakeman

Sep 14, 2023

45:54

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Cy Wakeman, drama researcher and international leadership speaker, discusses reducing workplace drama and ego. She highlights the impact of ego on daily productivity and shares three questions to break free from it. Cy emphasizes the negative impact of workplace complaints and judgments, and the importance of toggling up to higher levels of consciousness. She explores different modes of behavior in the workplace and the benefits of toggling up to engage with others. Cy also provides tools for reducing workplace drama and ego, emphasizing personal accountability and creating engaging workplaces. She discusses the importance of observing our thinking and shifting perspective for a happier work life.

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Quick takeaways

Recognize and address ego-driven thinking patterns for better communication and accountability in the workplace.

Shift from 'shoulds' to personal preferences and embrace accountability to create a collaborative work environment.

Deep dives

Recognizing the power of ego and its impact on communication

Ego plays a significant role in shaping our thought patterns and communication approaches in the workplace. It can lead to distorted views of reality, judgment, and a sense of victimhood. Recognizing our ego-driven thinking can help us move towards higher levels of consciousness and accountability.

Introduction

2min

Workplace Drama: The Impact of Complaints and Judgments

12min

Exploring Modes of Behavior in the Workplace

2min

Exploring Toggling Up and Approaching Situations with Curiosity

2min

Reducing Workplace Drama and Ego

16min

The Importance of Personal Accountability and Engaging Workplaces

10min

Observing Your Thinking and Shifting Perspective

2min

Cy Wakeman discusses why engagement is overrated and what really drives results.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How your ego ruins 2.5 hours of each day.

2) Three questions for breaking free from your ego.

3) Why to stop saying “should".

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— ABOUT CY —

Cy Wakeman is a drama researcher, international leadership speaker, and consultant. In 2001 she founded Reality-Based Leadership. She is the author of four books: Reality-Based Leadership: Ditch the Drama, Restore Sanity to the Workplace and Turn Excuses Into Results (2010), NY Times Bestseller, The Reality-Based Rules of the Workplace: Know What Boosts Your Value, Kills Your Chances, and Will Make You Happier (2013), No Ego: How Leaders Can Cut the Cost of Workplace Drama, End Entitlement, and Drive Big Results (2017), and her newest release, Life’s Messy, Live Happy.

Deemed as “the secret weapon to restoring sanity to the workplace,” Cy Wakeman was voted in the top 100 leadership professionals to follow on twitter for 7 years in a row. In 2021, 2022, and 2023 she topped the Global Gurus list of Top 30 Leadership Professionals across the globe, coming in at #1.

• Book: No Ego: How Leaders Can Cut the Cost of Workplace Drama, End Entitlement, and Drive Big Results

• Newsletter: Reality-Based Leadership Newsletter

• TED Talk: Ditch the Drama – How to Live Happy in a Messy World

• Website: RealityBasedLeadership.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words by David Whyte

• Book: Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy by David Burns

• Figure: Byron Katie

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