Some thoughts about the Dugger family drama and our reactions to it. There are lots of opinions, questions, and emotions swirling into a tornado of drama. There are opinions about the family, who they REALLY are, what they SHOULD have done, and their motives for what...
Just because you can’t see something doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. For example, you can’t see germs, but we now know that certain germs are deadly. You can’t see electricity, but you use electricity every single day when you flip...
Anytime there is a conflict of interest, disagreement or misunderstanding there is an argument. The argument may only be in your mind, but it’s there nonetheless. The one element that keeps the argument in place is the need to be right. The drama perspective is...
You’ve probably heard the saying, “structure determines behavior.” When a leader tries to manipulate structures to change behavior and it doesn’t work, it means there’s something else at play: the invisible structures. Let me give an easy...
I often get calls from potential clients requesting a workshop: either on No-Drama Leadership for executives, or a Stop Workplace Drama workshop for the managers. When I tell them that a workshop is like a bath, not a permanent solution, they want to know why. The...
Drama, whether it’s negativity, absenteeism, or turnover, is almost always a precursor to culture change. Culture change is never sought when all is well. Where there is drama, the first tendency is to nip drama in the bud, but nipping drama in the bud is like...
