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In my experience it is to the contrary. It's the leaders that can be angry without lashing out that get the best reactions from employees. There have been a few
by Jenk 5y ago
In my experience it is to the contrary. It's the leaders that can be angry without lashing out that get the best reactions from employees. There have been a few moments in my career where one of the teams has just genuinely made a big, avoidable, mistake one too many times and that has the respective leader's blood rise. They _demand_ to know just how we messed up, yet whilst visibly angry, they didn't raise their voice, they didn't need to berate. They just assertively demanded answers and I've never seen a roomful of people quite so eager to present answers and assurances in any other form of conflict.
- derbOac 5y agoThis has been on my mind lately. I've had some pretty extreme conversations with colleagues. Some of them in retrospect come across as tense, and others just seem like inappropriate bullying. I've wrestled with whether leaving the situations where I felt abused I was just being sensitive In time I've concluded it's about trust or something. It's one thing if I feel like the person is on the same side and we both want to do better. When I feel like the other person isn't acting in good faith though, or is just doing things that are unnecessarily abusive, it's different.