Jackie Warner's Work Out - How to Quickly Disempower Your Staff

Everyone wants to know why I watch this type of television programming.  I'll tell you why.  It provides lots of leadership training fodder.  What a fun way to learn!

In this last episode, Jackie invites the women on her training team (yes, only the women) on an Olivia Cruise (yes, the lesbian cruise line) and she asks that two of her trainers, Jessica (yes, her ex-lover and employee) and Erika to run a boot camp while on the ship.  They agree to do it and put in time planning how to co-facilitate the session.

These two trainers were organized and effective. While in the middle of their training, who should appear but Jackie, who then proceeds to take over the boot camp by interrupting Jessica and Erika.  Jackie takes over the session, not by requesting politely if it is okay with her two trainers and the class, but just begins by providing instructions to the participants, who, quite frankly, were a little confused as to who they should be listening to.  A power struggle ensues and Jessica tries to keep control by yelling out to the group, "who wants to stay with me?"  Oy, what an embarrassment.

Later at the bar, as Jessica and Erika are triangulating about how inappropriate it was for Jackie to take over in the manner that she did, Jackie again slithers up and begins arguing with Jessica and Erika.  Her position? "I am the boss.  I invited you here and if I want to interrupt and take over, so be it."