Integrity: Managing our inner Diva – Kylie in Dubai

What a gig! Australia’s own Kylie Minogue was the feature artist for a new 7-star Dubai Atlantis hotel opening last weekend. All for a cool $4.4m. Now that’s how you earn a bit of extra Christmas cash.

While the gig made the headlines here in Australia, what was even more interesting was what happened to Kylie after the event. After an exhausting show, she changed from her uncomfortable performance outfits into a tracksuit and headed back into the same hotel for the after party bash.

A funny thing happened. The doorman didn’t recognise her and didn’t approve of the tracksuit and so wouldn’t let her in!

What did the exhausted Kylie do with this outrage? Not what you would typically expect of an “A” list performer, nor what you would expect of most other people.  I imagine she was frustrated and a little insulted. However, she didn’t draw upon the inner diva, didn’t kick up  a stink for all the media to see and didn’t have a raging “hissy fit”. Instead she, together with her assistants  swallowed her pride, gathered her good humour and integrity and graciously negotiated a resolution to the misunderstanding.        

Now that’s a nice change.

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