Category Archive: Anger Management

Jun 08 2012

Workplace conflict is a management problem

By Steve Tobak Why can’t we all just get along? Because we can’t. Welcome to the Petrie dish of human dysfunction called planet Earth. And yes, you really are welcome. Misery loves company. Conflict is as natural for people as it is for animals. As long as territory, food, mates, and in the case of …

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Apr 02 2012

Stress, plane and simple

By Diane Stafford After a few workplace violence events in mail centres, “going postal” entered the lexicon. This week, thanks to a widely shared newspaper headline about the inflight meltdown of a JetBlue pilot, we got: “This is your captain freaking.” Though not particularly fair or nice, the shorthand descriptions of workplace outbursts are here …

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Feb 15 2012

Conflict Management: Understanding Anger and the Brain

By Carol Fredrickson, Violence-Free.com Conflict in the workplace is an ever-growing issue and more and more of my clients are requesting programs on Managing Angry People, Angry Patients, Angry Guests, etc. The one question I’m asked most often after one of these presentations is, “Is it possible that when I’m really angry, my brain just …

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Nov 23 2011

Profanity in the Workplace, How Much is Too Much?

By Joy Lambert, abc24.com Melrose coaches got in trouble for it, a Collierville coach lost his job over it, a supervisor at the Memphis Animal Shelter’s facing scrutiny for doing it: they used profanity and lots of it. Some jobs you get fined, some jobs you get fired, employees told abc24.com profanity is too common …

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Jun 25 2010

How not controlling your temper affects your career

By M.Collins, Helium.com Everyone gets angry from time to time. Wise parents teach children early to control their tempers. Uncontrolled anger hurts people, can be dangerous, and in the workplace can affect your career success. If you cannot control yourself, how can you direct junior staff properly? Someone who has an uncertain temper cannot be …

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Mar 10 2010

Workplace & school violence and the importance of recognizing signs of aggression

By Joel Griffin, SecurityInfoWatch.com As more and more incidents of workplace and school shootings dominate headlines across the country, security managers find themselves looking for ways to identify potential threats before they manifest themselves into acts of violence. Often the warning signs exhibited by those responsible for bringing terror to their local communities are not …

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Feb 16 2010

6 Ways to Identify an Employee in Need of Anger Management

Press Release from PR.com In the wake of two devastating workplace violence incidents, Atlanta-based AidevO People Consulting, LLC, a counseling and consulting firm that specializes in workplace anger and conflict, offers businesses and organizations six signs that may indicate an employee’s need for anger management services. Over the past six months several incidents of workplace …

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