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Familiarity does not breed contempt. Becoming familiar with negative behavior does. When we are in a traditional workplace, we develop routines that are either helpful or harmful for our relationships. The idea that workplaces are filled with drama is the idea that we cannot control the drama that we allow into our awareness. This is not the case.

This podcast episode attempts to provide a perspective to anyone asking these questions:

• Avoiding workplace conflict?
• How to avoid office politics?
• How to play office politics?
• How to stop office politics?
• How to win at office politics?
• Office politics secrets?
• Tips to avoid competition at work?
• Tips to avoid conflict at work?
• Tips to avoid drama at work?
• What are office politics?
• What is workplace drama?
• Why does work drama happen?

The problem with workplaces is routines not being consciously and intentionally chosen. Most of our routines in a traditional job involve in some way working with other people. Drama - or tension, spoken or unspoken, between two or more people - occurs when unintentional routines / habits are formed. The habits and routines that most support healthy relationships - and therefore an absence of drama - are those of the way that we communicate to each other and with ourselves. Therefore, the way in which we can eliminate workplace drama is by auditing and intentionally re-creating our communication habits. Here are four ideas to consider while attempting to eliminate workplace drama.

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