In today’s work faster and longer with fewer resources, it is no small wonder that we’ve seen the occasional flare-up that makes national news. You know the one–some disgruntled employee (or recently ex-employee) comes back to the workplace and opens fire. This of course, is the exception rather than the rule, thank goodness. Most temper issues are manifested at lower levels, but are just as senseless.
There are going to be issues that arise that frustrate all of us from time-to-time. Perhaps your computer system crashes at a crucial time in your project. Maybe one of your team members fails to deliver an important part of the project. You may just have been chewed out (wrongly so of course) by your boss. Each of these events may cause you to lose your temper at the next slight provocation.
I’m here to say “stop and think before you act.” Once those words or the actions are out there in front of your subordinates or coworkers, they ain’t coming back! Sure you can always apologize later, but in the back of their minds, people will always be wondering that if it happened once, it can happen again. In addition, when you think about it rationally, the temper outburst adds no value to your organization. I know there will be some of you who say that the explosion gets a message across to your employees that they shouldn’t get complacent.
To this point I would say that if you must lose your temper in order to control your subordinates, you never really had conrol anyway. Give that some thought the next time you’re ready to explode. What exactly are you accomplishing?
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