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Compassionate Accountability Podcast


Mar 1, 2024

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