While meeting with a newly promoted existing leader we got talking about the changes he wants to make within his leadership team and within the Organisation as a whole. He explained how he has “set the marker” for no more anger within his team.
He passionately explained to me that there is no reason to exhibit such an emotion at work and absolutely no place for using it when asking people to get work done.
This got me thinking – and I acknowledge people will always experience anger at sometime or another – what this existing leader is asking people to do is not to take this emotion “out” on other people.
Having the emotion of anger is not a bad thing – indeed it can be constructive and, in some cases, be indicative of passion. It is how one chooses to use that emotion for their own development and how they choose to control their own reactions by not taking it out on others.
This is courageous and would certainly make for an empowering and constructive work environment. I am looking forward to seeing his progress as he holds people accountable to this expectation.
