January 2, 2017
Interview with Cy Wakeman, author of the book The Reality Based Rules Of The Workplace
Mike Carruthers: If you work for a bad boss who’s holding you back in your career…
Cy Wakeman: We know statistically 50% of your career you’ll have a bad boss and the sooner you realize you can succeed anyway the better off your careers going to be.
Cy Wakeman, author of the book The Reality Based Rules Of The Workplace ,says it may just be that we need to change the way that we look at our work and our boss.
Many people believe that their jobs are too big or bosses are unrealistic. And when I really coach them and help them look at that all they’re being asked to do is to grow and develop in proportion to the needs of their markets. And most of us take a request to improve our skills as an insult and we impose our own suffering on ourselves.
Getting sucked into office gossip can really drain your energy and Cy has a way to stop it.
When somebody says, “Gosh did you hear about department X?” I tend to just say, “Wonderful, thanks for letting me know this; what can we do to help?” And when someone’s wanting to gossip and I ask how we can help they tend to not gossip with me any longer.
We sometimes suffer at work because we ask ourselves questions like…
Why don’t they listen to me? Or why doesn’t anyone tell me anything? And a fast track is to change my question. What can I do to get the information I need? That leads me into accountability and action. My stress is gone, my happiness increases and my results skyrocket.
