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The drama free workplace is the latest workplace culture book by patti perez empowering business leaders to understand causes, effects, and solutions to workplace issues related to sexual harassment, bias, diversity and ethics lapses. These workplace scenarios can disrupt your day, sap creative juices and generate growing tensions. Sep 12, 2019 these workplace scenarios can disrupt your day, sap creative juices and generate growing tensions. In this unique book, she explains the secret to avoiding all forms of drama, legal exposure, and low morale.

To avoid that drama, simply work under the assumption that your coworkers and managers are there to help you, support you, and challenge you to produce even better work. By using the workplace color spectrum as a shared workplace language, a young woman doesnt have to tell an older male boss hes a harasser when he keeps touching her back while they walk or he asks about her romantic life or he seems to find opportunities to give her a hug. Zappos ceo, tony hsieh, shares his lessons on how a very different kind of workplace culture is the secret for achieving success. Uncover destructive thought patterns with yourself and others. While navigating seventh grade, callie deals with tween hardship, including confusing crushes, budding friendships and typical middle school drama. If youve ever found yourself in the middle of office drama, you know a toxic work environment and company politics can be instant energy drainers. But these books will fulfil your need for workplace. Book details the drama free office drama free offices. In the dramafree workplace, attorney and hr expert patti perez reveals the secret to avoiding all forms of drama, legal exposure, and low morale is creating a healthy workplace culture. Cy wakeman, new york times bestselling author of the. Office drama can create an uncomfortable, unproductive or even. Drama creates mentally wasteful thought processes or unproductive behavior, wrote drama researcher cy wakeman in no ego. Soulmate at workplace 1 by darshak patel in english love.

The book is practical, focusing on what can be done in organisational environments to improve the current state of things, notably it spotlights on our obsession. In the drama free workplace, attorney and hr expert patti perez reveals the secret to avoiding all forms of drama, legal exposure, and low morale is creating a healthy workplace culture. The dramafree workplace includes a section with easytounderstand causes, effects and solutions to problems related to. The dramafree workplace offers the reader insight into why conflict exists and guides us on how to address toxic environments differently to encourage a more appropriate approach. Workplace drama and the high costs associated with managing it tags. Like emotional vampires, they zap the energy out of you in five seconds. The 300page book contains more than 100 stories from real experiences. Creating a dramafree workplace by anna maravelas audiobook.

Most of the things that keep us stuck are not circumstantial. The authors blend humorous and relatable case studies with proven tools for managing office saboteurssubordinates, coworkers, and bosses. Learn how methods to prevent and resolve workplace drama are key to creating and maintaining a healthy and inclusive workplace culture. The dramafree workplace patti perez soundview book summary. Stop workplace drama offers downtoearth, practical methods to help business owners, entrepreneurs, and private practice professionals maximize success, increase productivity, and improve teamwork and personal performance. In this book, i found myself making an extensive todolist because i found so many ways, my senior staff and i were doing things wrong and things we could do better, much better. Stop managing and start leading, empowering others to focus on facts and think for themselves. Becoming an organization that values and practices fearlessness, fairness and freedom anticipating situations that give rise. The dramafree workplace is a handson guide filled with proven strategies and guidance for creating and sustaining a cohesive, collaborative workplace culture that. Creating a dramafree workplace contains strategies to avoid and reverse.

That number would be shockingif people actually were quitting. And messineo said it doesnt matter where you work, or what field youre in, readers can relate because these things. The dramafree workplace how you can prevent unconscious. The following article is adapted from the book, the dramafree workplace. From front line supervisors to executives, the stop workplace drama methodology and message is spreading in corporations, associations and small businesses across the country. It may evolve from office gossip, an unchecked rumor mill or conflict among colleagues. The drama free workplace includes a section with easytounderstand causes, effects, and solutions to problems related to.

Eliminating emotional waste from the workplace with good mental processes 2. Usually with some it might be the typical reactive approach instead of being proactive in shifting the focus u. Sometimes we are saying that time is going faster, time is going slower. Drama is more entrenched in our daily lives than we realize. When you follow these rules, youll avoid creating and adding to workplace drama. Patti is the author of the dramafree workplace wiley, march 2019, a book which introduces innovative ways to approach workplace drama. No, problem is when we are hunting and expecting something.

Stop workplace drama goodreads meet your next favorite book. Anna maravelas, a circle pines resident, released her second book earlier this month titled, creating a dramafree workplace. Circle pines author creates dramafree workplace news. It never fails, no matter what industry i am working in, how strong the leadership is, or how much they focus on team building and support, every organization seems to suffer from workplace drama just last week i was working with a ceo who is brand new in her role. A guide to healthy collaboration with your team, coworkers, and boss describes four energydraining personalities that sabotage workplace collaboration and synergy. Know what boosts your value, kills your chances, and will make you happier 20. Drama is easy for us to partake in because, for most of us, weve grown up turning conflict into drama and learning to do so from the examples set. The dramafree workplace is the one book that has it allideas for identifying drama in the workplace, strategies for preventing workplace drama, suggestions. The dramafree workplace includes a section with easytounderstand causes, effects, and solutions to problems related to. This book is a brilliant approach to halting drama in the workplace. It can take the form of workplace gossip as employees whisper things theyve heard about the new ceo through the rumor mill. Eliminate sexual harassment, unconscious bias, ethical laps. She is a licensed california attorney, a professionallycertified hr executive, and a specialist in the prevention and resolution of workplace drama. She helps organizations understand the causes of and the solutions to problems related to sexual harassment, bias and diversity, and ethics lapses.

The dramafree workplace is the one book that has it allideas for identifying drama in the workplace, strategies for preventing workplace drama, suggestions for improving workplace culture, and formulas for keeping a healthy culture alive and thriving. Check out the free resources, the book, the training and the keynote presentation. Implement the following tips in your facility before conflict arises. Yet, while resolving more than 300 workplace conflicts, author anna maravelas has met thousands of individuals struggling with tension and mistrust. The professional womans guide to a dramafree workplace. A healthy environment is one where leaders, managers, and employees feel supported, have the freedom to innovate, and contribute to the overall prosperity of the organization. Patti perez is an attorney, hr expert, trainer, and former state regulator, who has conducted over 1,200 workplace investigations. Like tornados, drama queens whirl through the workplace, suck the oxygen out of the air you breathe, and their strength leaves behind a huge swathe of destruction. Uncontrolled workplace drama impacts your business in the following areas. Hsieh shares his journey on building zappos, and how his quirky personality and philosophy on creating an enjoyable workplace lead to its wild success. Work wives, frenemies, rivals, secret crushes and hookups. Overcome the interpersonal challenges holding your business ba.

Neither members nor nonmembers may reproduce such samples in any other way e. Recent polls show that 70% of workers think about quitting their jobs every day. Train your team to have no complaints, no excuses, and no regrets chism, marlene on. Train your team to have no complaints, no excuses and no regrets by marlene chism was chosen by soundview executive book summaries as one of the top 30 business books of 2011. Wakeman is a researcher, author and leadership consultant who literally wrote the book on drama in the workplace. But these books will fulfill your need for workplace.

Life is full of unpredictable thing and certainly some moments are quite special, and we realize after long time. How an ordinary person can create extraordinary change by adam braun. Ditch the drama, restore sanity to the workplace, and turn excuses into results 2010 buy now. Lake of patience is biggest problem of our generation. Workplace drama and the high costs associated with managing it. Jan 06, 2011 with a staff of 35 more than 75% women, my workplace is a hotbed for drama. Marlene chism has given the drama zone its own zip code. No smoke and mirrors, just realworld tips, tools, and techniques to creating a no excuses, no complaints, no regrets workplace. She is a frequent speaker on these topics and is the author of the soontobepublished the drama free workplace wiley, april 2019. The prob lems start when employees are promoted to leadership positions without the necessary skills and training, which can lead to workplace drama.

How leaders can cut the cost of workplace drama, end entitlement, and drive big results, her book on the subject. Patti perez is vp of workplace strategy at emtrain. Feb 23, 2020 by being ever more realistic with whats being encountered. How you can prevent unconscious bias, sexual harassment, ethics lapses, and inspire a healthy culture. How leaders can cut the cost of workplace drama, end entitlement, and drive big results 2017 buy now. The new book by david emerald, author of the power of ted the empowerment dynamic. For years now, leaders in almost every industry have accepted two completely false assumptionsthat change is hard, and that engagement drives results. But these books will fulfill your need for workplace drama from the. If you want to move your life and business forward without all the drama, get this book.

How leaders can cut the cost of workplace drama, end entitlement and drive big results. Filled with dynamic examples, innovative tools, and diagnostic tests, this book shows you how to become a realitybased leader, revealing how to. Becoming an organization that values and practices fearlessness, fairness and freedom. This book is a brilliant approach to halting drama in the workplaceright here.

Tools for resolving broken promises, violated expectations. Be hard on the problem and soft on the people and create lasting alliances. However, we may not be aware of just how exactly drama will infect your company if allowed to continue. Creating an atmosphere where employees are selfresponsible and are invited to communicate the good and the bad are key aspects of a dramafree workplace. Jul 25, 2016 drama is easy for us to partake in because, for most of us, weve grown up turning conflict into drama and learning to do so from the examples set by our parents, family members and pop culture. Drama is a graphic novel written by raina telgemeier, an american cartoonist, which centers on the story of callie, a middle schooler and theaterlover who works in her schools drama production crew. And a workplace without drama is one that is efficient, productive, and perhaps most.

The drama free workplace includes a section with easytounderstand causes, effects and solutions to problems related to. Take the drama out of disagreement and enhance your ability to problem solve. With a staff of 35 more than 75% women, my workplace is a hotbed for drama. The dramafree workplace meet your next favorite book. Preserve your integrity by talking to people rather than about them. Maravelas is the best source on workplace irritability and tension. Apr 01, 2019 the drama free workplace is a handson guide filled with proven strategies and guidance for creating and sustaining a cohesive, collaborative workplace culture that enables widespread innovation.

The dramafree workplace is the latest workplace culture book by patti perez empowering business leaders to understand causes, effects, and solutions to workplace issues related to sexual harassment, bias, diversity and ethics lapses. According to new york times bestselling author cy wakeman, it all comes down to drama. Sexual harassment bias and diversity ethics lapses the book also includes helpful information on. This is the guidebook for creating a dramafree workplace.

The dramafree workplace patti perez soundview book. Matt villano, new york times the human longing for respect and dignity is deep and pervasive. The dramafree workplace is the latest workplace culture book by patti perez empowering business leaders to understand causes, effects, and solutions to. Creating a dramafree workplace audiobook by anna maravelas. In my book, stop workplace drama, i talk about how obstacles in your personal life always spill into your professional life. A dramafree workplace is the beginning of a stressfree client experience. I am sure we would all agree that workplace drama can have a serious negative impact on your organization. The dramafree workplace is the book brimming with the information and strategies needed to create a vibrant, productive, and profitable workplace. Jul 16, 2018 like tornados, drama queens whirl through the workplace, suck the oxygen out of the air you breathe, and their strength leaves behind a huge swathe of destruction. Ditch the drama, restore sanity to the workplace and turn excuses into results 2010 and new york times bestseller the realitybased rules of the workplace. This book is a brilliant approach to halting drama in the workplaceright here, right nowand at every level within the organization.