Reality-Based Leadership

Psychological safety in teams means sharing what's truly on your mind and is critical as a foundation for a trusting workplace.

But I see too many leaders blurring the lines between sharing a feeling and venting.

Understanding this difference is how to truly support teams and ensure that drama is unable to take over situations when people are frustrated.

If you've ever read our newsletter, you've realized that reducing drama should be your core focus with your team. It is the biggest unlock for people and essential for achieving results, well-being, and a healthy culture.

But when leaders set out to begin getting their arms around the drama they are now seeing, they often ask: Where do I even start?

Here's what changes everything: Drama doesn't just randomly appear on a team.

It has exactly three entry points - three roads into town, if you will. And once you see them, you can't unsee them.

In this week's video with Alex Dorr, you'll learn about these three roads and how to spot which ones are open on your team right now. This is the lesson that makes drama suddenly visible and manageable.

Watch the video, then share it with your team and ask:
Which of these three roads do we need to close: or, at the very least, start working on?

Empathy so often spirals into sympathy and takes a turn for the worst if you're not careful.

This quick story helps you understand how to better walk the fine line of empathy versus sympathy to be able to issue the call to greatness to those who are stuck on your team.