No Ego, Cy Wakeman
No Ego, Cy Wakeman
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No Ego
How Leaders Can Cut the Cost of Workplace Drama, End Entitlement, and Drive Big Results

Author: Cy Wakeman

Narrator: Cynthia Farrell

Unabridged: 4 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 11/22/2017


Synopsis

New York Times bestselling author and leadership trainer says: Getting your employees to do their work shouldn't have to be so much, well, work! For years now, leaders in almost every industry have accepted two completely false assumptions - that change is hard, and that engagement drives results. Those beliefs have inspired expensive attempts to shield employees from change, involve them in high-level decision-making, and keep them happy with endless satisfaction surveys and workplace perks. But what these engagement programs actually do, Cy Wakeman says, is inflate expectations and sow unhappiness, leaving employees unprepared to adapt to even minor changes necessary to the organization's survival. Rather than driving performance and boosting efficiency, these programs fuel entitlement and drama, costing millions in time and profit. No Ego is about increasing awareness of just how often individuals are operating out of ego at work, breeding drama and discord rather than innovation and constructive collaboration. It is high time to reinvent leadership thinking. The current work experience is so full of emotional waste that it's seen as a foregone cost in today's business environments. Cy Wakeman teaches straightforward strategies in which this time and energy can be re-commissioned and put toward the value that hired talent is intended to provide. No Ego disposes with unproven HR maxims, and instead offers a complete plan to turn your office from a den of discontent into a highly productive place where happy employees are accountable employees.

About Cy Wakeman

CY WAKEMAN is a drama researcher, international leadership speaker, and consultant. In 2001 she founded Reality-Based Leadership. She is the author of Reality-Based Leadership, No Ego, and the New York Times bestseller The Reality-Based Rules of the Workplace. In 2017, she was named as one of the Top 30 Global Leadership Gurus by Global Gurus, a Top 100 Leadership Expert to Follow on Twitter, and was deemed "the secret weapon to restoring sanity to the workplace." She lives in Omaha, Nebraska.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael on October 27, 2018

The occasional interesting tidbit. Otherwise feels condescending and, ironically, full of ego.......more

Goodreads review by Larisa on January 08, 2020

Although I agree with the statement that there is be too much unnessesary emotional drama in the workplace, the main message of the book is cruel. "The role of leaders is to help people get clear on the fact that if they want to play on the team, buy-in is a prerequisite." "If the employee mentions r......more

Goodreads review by Chris on December 09, 2019

Unfortunately, my personnel work experience lends itself to be critical of the approaches laid out in this book. Make no mistake, the time lost on managing emotional waste is a real thing, but sometimes the problems that are identified in an emotional venting are real and need approaches that go beyo......more

Goodreads review by Abby on December 22, 2017

Our leadership team at the library is reading this book for a team book discussion early in the new year. Cy Wakeman has a lot of insightful and relevant things to say about leaders helping their employees deal with realities (instead of the stories our egos tell us) and engage with self-reflection.......more

Goodreads review by Jonathan on February 06, 2020

Need to find a physical copy, as I listened to the audiobook, so can't add some thoughts until I have all the information. Initial impression is negative. Book contains some good self help advice to apply to your work, but the leadership style advocated is robotic at best and cruel at worst.......more