No smoke and mirrors, just realworld tips, tools, and techniques to creating a no excuses, no complaints, no regrets workplace. Creating an atmosphere where employees are selfresponsible and are invited to communicate the good and the bad are key aspects of a dramafree workplace. 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. This is the guidebook for creating a dramafree workplace. Stop managing and start leading, empowering others to focus on facts and think for themselves. The dramafree workplace how you can prevent unconscious. In my book, stop workplace drama, i talk about how obstacles in your personal life always spill into your professional life. Life is full of unpredictable thing and certainly some moments are quite special, and we realize after long time. And a workplace without drama is one that is efficient, productive, and perhaps most. In this unique book, she explains the secret to avoiding all forms of drama, legal exposure, and low morale.
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. It can take the form of workplace gossip as employees whisper things theyve heard about the new ceo through the rumor mill. The new book by david emerald, author of the power of ted the empowerment dynamic. Office drama can create an uncomfortable, unproductive or even. The drama free workplace includes a section with easytounderstand causes, effects, and solutions to problems related to. The dramafree workplace includes a section with easytounderstand causes, effects and solutions to problems related to. Maravelas is the best source on workplace irritability and tension. Tools for resolving broken promises, violated expectations. For years now, leaders in almost every industry have accepted two completely false assumptionsthat change is hard, and that engagement drives results. Uncover destructive thought patterns with yourself and others. Learn how methods to prevent and resolve workplace drama are key to creating and maintaining a healthy and inclusive workplace culture. This book is a brilliant approach to halting drama in the workplaceright here, right nowand at every level within the organization.
The dramafree workplace includes a section with easytounderstand causes, effects, and solutions to problems related to. A guide to healthy collaboration with your team, coworkers, and boss describes four energydraining personalities that sabotage workplace collaboration and synergy. Eliminating emotional waste from the workplace with good mental processes 2. She helps organizations understand the causes of and the solutions to problems related to sexual harassment, bias and diversity, and ethics lapses. 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. Sexual harassment bias and diversity ethics lapses the book also includes helpful information on. 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. Book details the drama free office drama free offices. Ditch the drama, restore sanity to the workplace, and turn excuses into results 2010 buy now.
If you want to move your life and business forward without all the drama, get this book. The professional womans guide to a dramafree workplace. Know what boosts your value, kills your chances, and will make you happier 20. 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. Drama creates mentally wasteful thought processes or unproductive behavior, wrote drama researcher cy wakeman in no ego. Circle pines author creates dramafree workplace news. 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. Creating a dramafree workplace by anna maravelas audiobook.
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. Work wives, frenemies, rivals, secret crushes and hookups. That number would be shockingif people actually were quitting. Workplace drama and the high costs associated with managing it tags. Patti perez is an attorney, hr expert, trainer, and former state regulator, who has conducted over 1,200 workplace investigations.
Uncontrolled workplace drama impacts your business in the following areas. Matt villano, new york times the human longing for respect and dignity is deep and pervasive. Stop workplace drama goodreads meet your next favorite book. While navigating seventh grade, callie deals with tween hardship, including confusing crushes, budding friendships and typical middle school drama. No, problem is when we are hunting and expecting something. With a staff of 35 more than 75% women, my workplace is a hotbed for drama. A dramafree workplace is the beginning of a stressfree client experience. 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. Train your team to have no complaints, no excuses, and no regrets chism, marlene on. The following article is adapted from the book, the dramafree workplace. Sep 12, 2019 these workplace scenarios can disrupt your day, sap creative juices and generate growing tensions. I am sure we would all agree that workplace drama can have a serious negative impact on your organization. Creating a dramafree workplace contains strategies to avoid and reverse. Marlene chism has given the drama zone its own zip code.
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. The dramafree workplace is the one book that has it allideas for identifying drama in the workplace, strategies for preventing workplace drama, suggestions. 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 offers the reader insight into why conflict exists and guides us on how to address toxic environments differently to encourage a more appropriate approach. Recent polls show that 70% of workers think about quitting their jobs every day. Zappos ceo, tony hsieh, shares his lessons on how a very different kind of workplace culture is the secret for achieving success. 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. How an ordinary person can create extraordinary change by adam braun.
Creating a dramafree workplace audiobook by anna maravelas. She is a frequent speaker on these topics and is the author of the soontobepublished the drama free workplace wiley, april 2019. But these books will fulfil your need for workplace. The dramafree workplace patti perez soundview book summary. The prob lems start when employees are promoted to leadership positions without the necessary skills and training, which can lead to workplace drama. The 300page book contains more than 100 stories from real experiences. 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. According to new york times bestselling author cy wakeman, it all comes down to drama. Neither members nor nonmembers may reproduce such samples in any other way e. However, we may not be aware of just how exactly drama will infect your company if allowed to continue. Wakeman is a researcher, author and leadership consultant who literally wrote the book on drama in the workplace. Cy wakeman, new york times bestselling author of the.
I read the book, hoping to come up with an idea or two to minimize all the drama. The dramafree workplace is the book brimming with the information and strategies needed to create a vibrant, productive, and profitable workplace. Becoming an organization that values and practices fearlessness, fairness and freedom. Eliminate sexual harassment, unconscious bias, ethical laps. 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. Sometimes we are saying that time is going faster, time is going slower. 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.
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. Filled with dynamic examples, innovative tools, and diagnostic tests, this book shows you how to become a realitybased leader, revealing how to. Drama is more entrenched in our daily lives than we realize. Overcome the interpersonal challenges holding your business ba. Lake of patience is biggest problem of our generation. 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. Like emotional vampires, they zap the energy out of you in five seconds. This book is a brilliant approach to halting drama in the workplace. But these books will fulfill your need for workplace drama from the. Yet, while resolving more than 300 workplace conflicts, author anna maravelas has met thousands of individuals struggling with tension and mistrust.
Jan 06, 2011 with a staff of 35 more than 75% women, my workplace is a hotbed for drama. She is a licensed california attorney, a professionallycertified hr executive, and a specialist in the prevention and resolution of workplace drama. Feb 23, 2020 by being ever more realistic with whats being encountered. How leaders can cut the cost of workplace drama, end entitlement and drive big results. 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. Implement the following tips in your facility before conflict arises.
Workplace drama and the high costs associated with managing it. How you can prevent unconscious bias, sexual harassment, ethics lapses, and inspire a healthy culture. The dramafree workplace patti perez soundview book. The drama free workplace includes a section with easytounderstand causes, effects and solutions to problems related to. The dramafree workplace meet your next favorite book. How leaders can cut the cost of workplace drama, end entitlement, and drive big results, her book on the subject. Preserve your integrity by talking to people rather than about them. When you follow these rules, youll avoid creating and adding to workplace drama. Hsieh shares his journey on building zappos, and how his quirky personality and philosophy on creating an enjoyable workplace lead to its wild success. Becoming an organization that values and practices fearlessness, fairness and freedom anticipating situations that give rise. 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. Check out the free resources, the book, the training and the keynote presentation.
But these books will fulfill your need for workplace. This book is a brilliant approach to halting drama in the workplaceright here. The dramafree workplace is a handson guide filled with proven strategies and guidance for creating and sustaining a cohesive, collaborative workplace culture that. Patti perez is vp of workplace strategy at emtrain. Anna maravelas, a circle pines resident, released her second book earlier this month titled, creating a dramafree workplace. The dramafree workplace is the latest workplace culture book by patti perez empowering business leaders to understand causes, effects, and solutions to. 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. Usually with some it might be the typical reactive approach instead of being proactive in shifting the focus u. From front line supervisors to executives, the stop workplace drama methodology and message is spreading in corporations, associations and small businesses across the country. Be hard on the problem and soft on the people and create lasting alliances. It may evolve from office gossip, an unchecked rumor mill or conflict among colleagues. 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. These workplace scenarios can disrupt your day, sap creative juices and generate growing tensions. How leaders can cut the cost of workplace drama, end entitlement, and drive big results 2017 buy now.
Most of the things that keep us stuck are not circumstantial. Soulmate at workplace 1 by darshak patel in english love. Take the drama out of disagreement and enhance your ability to problem solve. The authors blend humorous and relatable case studies with proven tools for managing office saboteurssubordinates, coworkers, and bosses. Patti is the author of the dramafree workplace wiley, march 2019, a book which introduces innovative ways to approach workplace drama. And messineo said it doesnt matter where you work, or what field youre in, readers can relate because these things. 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.
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