1. DRAMA FREE ZONE

2. DRAMA FREE ZONE How is drama defined? “One recounting a serious story”
“A real life situation or succession of events having the dramatic progression or emotional content typical of a play”

3. DRAMA FREE ZONE DO YOU HAVE DRAMA AT YOUR PLACE? WHAT IS THE CAUSE?
Diverse interests?
Lack of shared vision?
Little or no planning?
Lack of leadership?

4. DRAMA FREE ZONE What are the ingredients for harmony? Right people
Happy people
Strong Mayor
“Lock Step Council”
Strong management person(s)

5. DRAMA FREE ZONE Who is responsible when things don’t go right? Mayor
Council members
Staff
News media
Voters

6. DRAMA FREE ZONE Ingredients Self-examination Honesty Responsibility
Overt
Subtle
Honesty
About self and others
Responsibility
Who or Whom

7. DRAMA FREE ZONE Ingredients Shared Vision What is it?
How do we get it?
Review frequently

8. DRAMA FREE ZONE What is the ideal? No secrets No “gottchas”
Leads to conclusion
Leads to decision

9. DRAMA FREE ZONE Decisions* Usually not just one right one
Do this and that, not just this
I have my mind made up
I’m working to confirm my position
What would our successors do
Overconfidence
We think we know more about the future than we know
*Decisive by Chip & Dan Heath

10. DRAMA FREE ZONE What can you do? Everything you can do
Enrich, nurture, empower, enhance, inform
Be positive
Discourage “finger-pointing”
“What can I do to help the process”
Celebrate the accomplishments, no matter how small
Be inclusive, communicate, encourage