Manage Smarter 32 – Cy Wakeman: Ditching Drama and Entitlement

Manage Smarter is the podcast for data-driven managers. Each episode is a frank, fast-paced and sometimes humorous discussion of the challenges facing today’s managers and leaders. Manage Smarter addresses the metrics, strategies and solutions needed to improve team performance, company culture and overall productivity. We do it through entertaining interviews with those in the C-suite, innovative managers, startup leaders and executive coaches to help you become a better boss.

Manage Smarter 32 – Cy Wakeman: Ditching Drama and Entitlement

Cy Wakeman is a drama researcher, global thought-leader, and New York Times best-selling author who is recognized for cultivating a counter-intuitive, reality-based approach to leadership. Backed by 20 years of unparalleled experience, Wakeman’s philosophy offers a new lens through which employees and executives alike, can shift their attention inward, sharpen their focus on personal accountability, and uncover their natural state of innovation simply by ditching the drama.

In this episode, Audrey, Lee and Cy discuss:

Cy’s definition of drama, and the effects on the workplace
Acceptable ways to react to drama that has been created
How to hire low drama employees
How you and your team can become self-aware
Is it ok to treat high performers differently than low performers?

Key Takeaways:

Bring your most evolved self to work daily
Drama is a productivity killer
Show empathy to other employees but then give them a call to greatness
Ditch the ego, stop judging and start helping

“Engagement without accountability creates entitlement.” – Cy Wakeman

Join hosts Audrey Strong and C. Lee Smith every week as they dive into the aspects and concepts of good business management. From debunking sales myths to learning how to manage with and without measurements, you’ll learn something new with every episode and will be able to implement positive change far beyond sales.
Connect with Cy Wakeman:

Twitter: @CyWakeman
Facebook: /CyWakeman
Website: http://www.realitybasedleadership.com
Email: cy@cywakeman.com
Book:http://www.realitybasedleadership.com/no-ego-book/
Show:https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/no-ego/id1253461828?mt=2
YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5G_jUiSFkWlLIXBOmmTjgg
LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/cywakeman/