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Leisel's avatar

Be angry at the work quality, not the person doing the work.

That would solve a lot of problems for me!

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Brad Davenport's avatar

Yeah, I guess it would be nice if people in authority would think through their management style, first🙂

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Pratiksha Yadav's avatar

No grudges, no lingering resentment, no personal attacks that carry into the next day.

This is so important. When the conflict is task oriented , it creates. Problem starts if it becomes person oriented.

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Brad Davenport's avatar

That's absolutely true. Never make it personal. I've had bosses in the past who's main aim was to make it personal. Terrible

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Sterling's avatar

Ramsay doesn’t explode; he excises illusion.

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Brad Davenport's avatar

👍

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Brad Davenport's avatar

You're probably right about being for show and television. It must be exhausting for him, getting angry all the time. I don't think many people would be able to work for a boss long-term if they behaved like he does. I'm with you, I couldn't.

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Christiana Byron's avatar

I believe it’s useful sometimes. But all the time it’s emotionally disregulating as iy’s as you said chaos, and it won’t feel controlled to many. He’s actually I’ve heard not like this off the show. It’s performative for ratings. And sometimes quiet words I’ve found get extremely good results if you know how to do it well and can be extremely surgical too if you know how to tune into what’s actually going on. Other time firm words are needed. It’s a skill reading the situation individually . But I could not stand working in this way. I get results with controlled non chaos and sometimes even flow, not micromanaging , but managing and allowing others to grow into their abilities in guided healthy ways And I am very sure a manager who did this on the regular to me would make me walk away. I know how to read each situation individually. Anger is sometimes appropriate. But not I feel if it’s someone’s emotional default position, controlled to some degree or not .

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Priya | The Pretend Poet's avatar

This is such an important piece, Brad. We’re always told that anger is toxic but it can be holy too.

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