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The Drama-Free Workplace

4 Weeks

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Cohort-based Course

Drama derails decision-making, results, & team health. Leaders must master emotional leadership & support their teams to ditch the drama.

Representative Clients

EOS Worldwide
Girl Scouts
Suveto
Mastercard
MVP Health Care

Course overview

Ditch the Drama: Transform Emotional Chaos into a Culture of Accountability

Are you tired of being the emotional firefighter in your business, putting out drama-fueled fires instead of leading with vision? Step into a new kind of leadership that goes beyond managing people—empowering you to master emotional regulation and eliminate drama before it disrupts your team's success. Join us and discover how to coach your team toward accountability, alignment, and powerful communication.


You have access to a powerful secret...the best leaders dig into the superpower of a modern humanized leader. They master emotional regulation - they regulate the emotional temperature - and get a balanced and productive workplace.


Humans are naturally emotional, and the pressures of today's work environment are amplifying emotional stress like never before. The result? Fractured communication, stalled productivity, and a team lacking accountability.


It’s frustrating, right?


Instead of leading a team that’s rowing together toward success, you're stuck mediating petty disputes, managing gossip, and extinguishing fires. Your days are filled with emotional negotiations instead of focusing on the big-picture vision.


But here's the good news: it doesn’t have to be this way.


You can reshape your leadership and guide your team toward alignment, clear communication, and productivity. You can become the leader who spots emotional dysfunction before it spirals and redirect it with ease. By coaching others, you’ll help your team step up, and perhaps find their own personal leadership at the same time.

 

This isn’t about demanding more or shaming your team into compliance. It’s about using a proven approach to spot drama quickly, provide constructive feedback that drives change, and empower your team to take ownership and lead with confidence.


Tall order? Yes! But that’s exactly why this course is for you.


What This Course Will Empower You to Do:


-- Become a Thermostatic Leader – role-model emotional regulation and set the emotional "temperature" of your team.


-- Spot Workplace Drama Instantly – detect drama as soon as it surfaces and know exactly how to stop it from growing.


-- Master the Drama Triangle – understand the roles in the drama triangle and how they impact your workplace dynamics.


-- Activate a Coaching Model – help your team recognize their own drama and shift into productive, empowered leadership.


-- Transform Dysfunction into Function – learn a process that will transform emotional dysfunction into high-functioning teamwork.


-- Refocus Yourself and Others – become skilled at turning both yourself and your team toward accountability and action with purpose.


What You Can Expect:

This course is highly interactive, with deep discussions, practical exercises, and real-time application. Mary Pat is an expert in emotional leadership, and you’ll learn not just from her, but from your peers as well.


You’ll practice what you learn between sessions, bringing real-world case studies back to the group for further growth. By the end, you’ll walk away with greater self-confidence and the tools to lead at a higher level.


This is a high-energy, intensive, and value-packed course designed for leaders who are committed to reaching new heights in their leadership journey. If you value personal development and emotional intelligence, and you want to elevate your team to new levels of success, this course is for you.


Become the emotionally intelligent leader your team needs—one who transforms dysfunction into alignment and coaches others to step into leadership. Watch your team’s communication soar, see accountability skyrocket, and lead with newfound confidence.


Join the cohort today, and become the leader who thrives in any situation.



Who is this course for

01

Entrepreneurial Leaders who want their teams to produce results with purpose and drive.

02

Business Leaders frustrated with drama and lack of accountability from their teams.

03

Leaders and Managers who value factual, direct, neutral and kind communication to create team cohesion.

What you’ll get out of this course

Master Emotional Intelligence: Define EI components and their impact on workplace dynamics for effective leadership.

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Manage Emotional Triggers: Recognize and regulate emotional triggers to respond thoughtfully, not impulsively.

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Navigate Comfort Zones: Understand change resistance and what physically and emotionally happens in the zone to help yourself and your team.

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Transform Drama Triangle Roles: Shift from Villain, Victim, and Hero to Problem Solver, Creator, and Coach using effective techniques.

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Apply Emotional Regulation as a Leader: Become a thermostatic leader with skills to regulate emotions and guide others for a healthier team.

Reduce Workplace Drama: Implement practical strategies and communication techniques to diminish drama at both individual and team levels.

This course includes

4 interactive live sessions

Lifetime access to course materials

In-depth lessons

Direct access to instructor

Projects to apply learnings

Guided feedback & reflection

Private community of peers

Course certificate upon completion

Maven Satisfaction Guarantee

This course is backed by Maven’s guarantee. You can receive a full refund within 14 days after the course ends, provided you meet the completion criteria in our refund policy.

Course syllabus

Week 1

Oct 7—Oct 13

    Oct

    7

    Session 1

    Mon 10/74:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)

    Module 0 - Understanding the Emotional Leadership Framework & Its Relation to EQ

    2 items

    Module 1 - Who Moved My Cheese - Leaders Must Manage The Drama of Change

    2 items

Week 2

Oct 14—Oct 20

    Oct

    14

    Session 2

    Mon 10/144:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)

    Module 2 - Emotional Hijacks - Navigating Triggers and Emotional Regulation

    2 items

Week 3

Oct 21—Oct 27

    Oct

    21

    Session 3

    Mon 10/214:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)

    Module 3 - The Drama Triangle: Villain, Victim & Hero

    2 items

Week 4

Oct 28

    Oct

    28

    Session 4

    Mon 10/284:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)

    Module 4 - The Transformation - Coaching into Problem Solver, Creator and Coach

    2 items

Post-course

    Module 00 - Becoming a Thermostatic Leader & Sustaining the Drama Free Workplace

    2 items

Bonus

    Drama-Free E-book - Great Resource!

    1 item

What people are saying

        Mary Pat Knight is an expert at using her “victim / villain / hero” concept to address and resolve conflicts. Being equipped with the tools of Emotional Intelligence enables our teams to recognize and resolve conflicts when they come up – they don’t fester. 
Susan Thaden

Susan Thaden

CEO, Client Resources Inc.
        Mary Pat does such a beautiful job in creating a safe space for open dialogue and mutual coaching. She guided us through great discussion and played an amazing role of tying it back to the insightful content of the program. This cohort is a must for anyone serious about advancing their leadership skills.
Nicole Mennicke

Nicole Mennicke

Fractional Integrator, Catalyst Integrators
        One of the best executive coaches I have ever encountered. She has deep expertise on all aspects of business and more importantly, relationships and human dynamics. I have worked with her personally for over three years. It has been transformative in my leadership, communication, and personal growth. The opportunity to work with her is invaluable!
Jeff Kuhland

Jeff Kuhland

Vice President Meridian Bird Removal
        Mary Pat has given me the skills to be clear and effective in my communication. I also learned from her how matching my vision, words, & actions creates an energy of trust in those who look for my leadership. I feel that MP’s leadership skills and ability to inspire others is equal or beyond any of the many I’ve worked with over the past 30 years.
Debra Poneman

Debra Poneman

Founder/CEO, Yes to Success, inc.

Mary Pat Knight is on a mission to develop more humanized leaders inside workplaces all over the world.

Mary Pat Knight

Mary Pat Knight

She is the CEO and Founder of Leaders Inspired, a global training and development firm dedicated to personal and leadership transformation, and a speaker, author, coach, and consultant who is an expert in leadership and emotional intelligence.


Mary Pat’s 30-year career spans executive leadership positions in marketing, operations, strategic planning, human resources, management and employee development, and executive coaching. Her impact has been felt as the Director, Vice President, President, and Chief Operating Officer of multimillion-dollar companies. Her experiences have shown her how important it is for organizations to build engagement and retention by supporting leaders to show up as their most authentic selves, build strong relationships with those they lead, and create cultures of accountability.


Mary Pat based her book, The Humanized Leader, on her simple, yet powerful “Leadership Mastery” signature system that she practiced and perfected for 15 years while training, coaching, and mentoring thousands of corporate leaders to improve their emotional intelligence and become more effective leaders.

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Course schedule

4-6 hours per week

  • Mondays

    11:00am to 12:30pm Central

    This is an instructor-led cohort where you will work with a small group of similarly situated group of leaders and business owners who have a drive to up-level their leadership effectiveness.

  • Cohort Participation

    90-minutes per week for three sessions

    Highly interactive with check-ins and practice, come prepared to both learn and share you wisdom.


  • Projects and Homework

    2-3 hours

    Each syllabus section has a project that you can complete at your own discretion. There are no requirements. It is recommended that you do the project work as it enlivens the cohort learning. Additionally, you will be asked to practice what you've learned in between

Free resource

Ditch The Drama: The Framework for Transformation into Leadership

Drama is so human! 


Diminishing the drama is a key skill of The Humanized Leader.


Recognize the drama triggers in yourself and then recognize it in others. Meet it with compassion and coach for a transformation out of drama and into leadership.


This resource provides the framework of the Drama Triangle, the set up a leader can become stuck in, and designs for transformation.


Empower Yourself with this guide and coach your team to accountability and performance.


Drama derails. Humanized Leadership uplifts.

Get this impactful guide now

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Active hands-on learning

This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects

Interactive and project-based

You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams

Learn with a cohort of peers

Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you

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