Drama Free Living with Dennis and Lisa McIntee

Dennis and Lisa return to tackle the mindset monster. By treating the circumstances in which we find ourselves as puzzles waiting to be solved versus allowing them to control our emotions, we have the power to make overwhelm disappear. Dive into this episode and take away concrete tactics you can apply to your life starting today. The Leadership Development Group is a consulting firm that exists t...

Nancy Benavides (Career Transition Consultant and Coach at Activating Volunteers), joins Dennis and Lisa for a leadership subversion discussion. Through her many years of experience in the corporate restaurant space and consulting, she uses her unique perspective to dissect the traits a leader must possess to make real progress. The thing is, they go against some of the key things we assume a text...

Longtime coaching client and friend Rick Linsday of MowCow Lawn and Landscape joins Dennis and Lisa for a high-level recap of the strategies put in place over ten years ago that transformed his business. Rick tackles communication mistakes, the power of understanding perspective, and the discovery that while you can go faster alone, you can go farther with the right team. Putting drama-free living...

Dennis and Lisa tackle one of the most uncomfortable fears for leaders everywhere: failure. The fear of failure can be a paralyzing force that takes away the power that comes from owning your decisions. By helping flip the switch on how you view your failures, the pressure dissipates and so does the drama. The episode wraps with a simple formula for translating this same principle to your teams th...

Dennis and Lisa welcome their first guest, Brad Stephenson (Co-Owner and General Manager of New Castle Lawn and Landscape in Pennsylvania) to discuss how he became the leader he is today. Brad conquered his flaw of always being the rescuer to teach his team how to use mistakes to grow and transform. Using Dennis and Lisa’s tenets and training, he has been able to create a truly drama free team wit...

When something goes wrong, the most human response is to want to know why. However, that question is the wrong one to ask if you really want to see behavioral change. In this episode, Dennis and Lisa explain the perils of “why” and the right questions you should be asking to truly enact positive change. The Leadership Development Group is a consulting firm that exists to help you create a better w...

Motivation is all about finding your why. Sometimes, it is not as easy as we think to answer the question driving everything we do, or the teams we manage. Dennis and Lisa have a simple way to connect with why using the GPS formula: Goals, Passions, and Struggles. By teaching you how to use the GPS formula, you will have the key to your own motivations and, perhaps more importantly, the drivers fu...

Do you know what triggers emotions in your life? Believe it or not, people do not do things to intentionally hurt us, but past experiences and the lens through which we see the world serve as triggers to our feelings. Since we cannot control other people, we must work to control our response to their actions and words. In this episode, Dennis and Lisa work through the four drivers that form our re...

Being a successful, drama free leader is so much more than demanding your way through the tasks that must be completed. In this episode, Dennis and Lisa share precisely how to move towards a more collaborative work culture, one where team members self-select the ideal behavior instead of being commanded to do so. The Leadership Development Group is a consulting firm that exists to help you create...

Drama free teams are often led by leaders who are comfortable with transparency because they know it builds trust. Trust can be the antidote to drama because it builds harmony and eliminates the desire for gossip. But it also can be a vulnerable place of discomfort for some leaders. In this episode, Dennis and Lisa walk you through how to get there and explain why it is so crucial for the end goal...

Dennis and Lisa McIntee, founders of the Leadership Development Group, take you through their first episode of their new podcast, Drama Free Living. Laying the groundwork for future episodes and topics, they cover what drama free living actually is--the role it plays in our physical bodies and the action that moves us forward. Join Dennis and Lisa for the first in a series of living room chats you...

Dennis and Lisa McIntee are back with tips and tools to master a drama free lifestyle. With the COVID pandemic of 2020 and 2021 still freshly imprinted on their minds, they discuss the role of events and obstacles that alter our goals. When drama free living means achieving your goals and desired results, what do you do when an obstacle like a global pandemic gets in the way? Join Dennis and Lisa...

Living drama free is like yoga, continually needing focus and practice to get to the next level of personal growth and strength. Masters of drama free living and ‘partners in adventure’, Dennis and Lisa McIntee define the gap between expectation and reality, living into your goals [releasing the shoulds that hold them down], and affirming the beauty in dreaming. The Leadership Development Group is...

This Week’s Drama Free Living podcast wrestles with the notions of power and perspective. Dennis and Lisa tackle one of the hardest emotions to overcome -- feeling powerless when it seems like everything is happening to you. This choice poverty is crippling and leads to victimhood and all the drama it brings. Listen and learn how to flip the switch on life happening TO you...to life happening FOR...

Dennis and Lisa are back with a deep dive into their book, The 8 Qualities of Drama Free Teams , a practical handbook giving you the tools you need to accomplish more in less time. This episode, they are tackling chapter one: Behavior. Every behavior leads to a result or outcome and can be controlled through discipline and responsibility in your teams. Listen and learn just what that looks like in...

As Dennis and Lisa continue discussing the key themes of their book, The 8 Qualities of Drama Free Teams, they wrestle with the ‘lower t’ truths that monopolize our notions of responsibility and behavior. Our truths are different and often create conflict in the professional world when perceived negative feedback is involved. This episode advises how to handle the flow of feedback in such a way th...