About Cy Wakeman
President/ Founder of Reality-Based Leadership, NYTimes best-selling author, Keynote Speaker & Drama Researcher.
EPISODE NOTES
Did you know that the average person spends 2.5 hours of their workday submersed in drama? All of us have an ego, but we must learn to notice, acknowledge, and bypass our ego as we go through our lives. Cy Wakeman is the President and Founder of Reality-Based Leadership, a NY Times Best Selling Author, Keynote Speaker, and Drama-Researcher. Cy has dedicated her work to understanding how to combat drama, toxicity, and ego in work and in life. This is Part 1 of our conversation.
I am honoured to have had the opportunity to sit down with Cy Wakeman to examine ego in our polarized world. In this episode, we discuss the gap between our external reality, and our internal representation of reality. Cy explains how the lens of ego distorts our view of life, the importance of self-reflection in leadership and life in general, practical strategies for addressing drama and toxicity, how the pandemic has influenced these topics, and strategies for mindfulness and building a happier life.
For more information on combatting ego in the workplace, order a copy of Cy’s book, No Ego: How Leaders Can Cut the Cost of Workplace Drama, End Entitlement, and Drive Big Results.
Cy’s newest book will be releasing March 29, 2022: Life’s Messy, Live Happy: Things Don’t Have to Be Perfect for You to Be Content.
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Season 2 EPISODES
Episode 40 | Evolving Yourself to Live Happy in this Messy World
About Cy Wakeman: 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 over 25 years of unparalleled experience, Wakeman’s...
Episode 39 | Life’s Messy, Live Happy: Keys to Contentment
About Cy Wakeman: 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 over 25 years of unparalleled experience, Wakeman’s...
Episode 38 | Healthy to Destructive: Exploring Narcissism in Ourselves and Others
About Dr. Nina W. Brown: Nina W. Brown, EdD, LPC, NCC, Distinguished Fellow American Group Psychotherapy Association, American Psychological Association Fellow is a professor and eminent scholar at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA USA. She received her...
Episode 37 | How to Handle Narcissistic Personalities on the Job
About Dr. Nina W. Brown: Nina W. Brown, EdD, LPC, NCC, Distinguished Fellow American Group Psychotherapy Association, American Psychological Association Fellow is a professor and eminent scholar at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA USA. She received her...
Episode 36 | Navigating Narcissism in Work and Life
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Episode 35 | Disarming the Narcissist at Work
About Wendy Behary: With 25+ years of professional experience and advanced level certifications, Wendy Behary is the founder and director of The Cognitive Therapy Center of New Jersey and The Schema Therapy Institutes of NJ-NYC-DC. She has been treating clients,...
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Episode 75 | Never Not Working: How Always-On Cultures are Bad for People and Business
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Episode 73 | Burnout Prevention: What Organizations Must Do
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Episode 72 | The Emotionally Strong Leader: Transforming from the Inside Out
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Episode 71 | Fighting the Good Fight for Workplace Flexibility: Why Remote Work Can’t Go Away!
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Episode 70 | Seismic Shifts in Leadership
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