About Cy Wakeman
President/ Founder of Reality-Based Leadership, NYTimes best-selling author, Keynote Speaker & Drama Researcher.
EPISODE NOTES
In this episode, I continue my conversation with Cy Wakeman. Cy has dedicated her work to understanding how to combat drama, toxicity, and ego in work and in life. In Part 2 of our conversation, we focus on Cy’s philosophies and teachings for finding greater work-life wellness.
Cy is the President and Founder of Reality-Based Leadership, a NY Times Best Selling Author, Keynote Speaker, and Drama-Researcher. We discuss the pandemic’s influence on work-life wellness, the importance of human-centric workplaces, how to manage our energy by living in the present moment, personal agency, and more.
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.
If you’re looking for some great reads, Cy recommends Anne Lamotte‘s work, as well as Byron Katie, and poetry from David Whyte.
Check out Cy’s podcast, No Ego, to learn more about Cy’s teachings!
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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
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,...
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,...
MORE THRIVING ORGANIZATION EPISODES
Episode 80 | The 4-Day Workweek: The Future or a Fad?
About Joe O’Connor: Joe is CEO and co-founder of the Work Time Reduction Center of Excellence, a consulting and research organization based in Toronto, which specializes in shorter workweek models and reduced-hour, outcome-focused working. Internationally...
Episode 79 | The Four Day Week: A Panacea for Productivity?
About Andrew Barnes: Entrepreneur Andrew Barnes has made a career of market-changing innovation and industry digitisation leading and transforming companies in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. In 2018, he made international headlines across the world...
Episode 75 | Never Not Working: How Always-On Cultures are Bad for People and Business
About Dr. Malissa Clark: Malissa Clark is an associate professor of industrial/organizational (I-O) psychology at the University of Georgia, where she has been on faculty since 2013. Currently, Clark serves as associate head of the department of psychology and...
Episode 73 | Burnout Prevention: What Organizations Must Do
About Dr. Laura: Bringing nearly 25 years of expertise as an Industrial/Organizational and Career Psychologist and pioneer on the future of work, Dr. Laura helps organizations evolve their cultures, and leaders and employees to thrive in their work and lives. She...
Episode 72 | The Emotionally Strong Leader: Transforming from the Inside Out
About Carolyn Stern: Carolyn Stern is the President and CEO of EI Experience—an executive leadership development and emotional intelligence training firm. She is a certified Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Development Expert, professional speaker, award-winning...
Episode 71 | Fighting the Good Fight for Workplace Flexibility: Why Remote Work Can’t Go Away!
About Kaleem Clarkson: Kaleem is a husband, father, remote work advocate, and speaker. He is the Chief Operating Officer of Blend Me, Inc, a fractional people operations consultancy that helps startups and small businesses transform into high-functioning remote or...
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