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Anger Management in your workplace?

James Powell

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Do you find yourself having anger management issues at work? People are dealing with more frustrating situations these days at work that add to stress. Most commonly we are given more responsibility at work with no reflection of this extra work in the pay. There are also pressures outside of work such as bills, health care issues, gas prices, bird flu and the war to name a few. With all the pressure of work, world events, family and traffic, it is hard to find time to relax. Relaxation is what allows us to release any stress gathered each day, especially stress brought on within the workplace. Pressure on yourself can be good to motivate others and yourself to complete tasks and get the ball rolling in certain situations at work, but do not allow the pressure to become anger. You do not want anger to control you, you must control anger. Anger in the workplace usually starts with your direct report. Is your boss an angry manager or does your boss control his/her frustration through anger management?

First, identify weather or not you do have an anger management problem. If you are not sure, see if these questions sound familiar:

• Do you get irritated when things do not work out perfectly?
• Do you wake up thinking of things that stress you without the ability to go back to sleep?
• Would you consider yourself stressed at home or work?
• Do you find yourself keeping your irritation bottled up and releasing the anger at work?
• Do colleagues tell you to relax or seem frightened to convey bad news?
• Do you get irritated when things do not work out perfectly?
• Do you wake up thinking of things that stress you without the ability to go back to sleep?
• Would you consider yourself stressed at home or work?
• Do you find yourself keeping your irritation bottled up and releasing the anger at work?
• Do colleagues tell you to relax or seem frightened to convey bad news?

Now after answering the above questions honestly you have an idea of what it would mean to have anger issues. If you've uncovered that you may have anger-related issues, now it is time to accept the problem. Realize that anger is an emotional state that varies in intensity from slight irritation to rage. Decide how you can control anger and not allow it to affect your life, relationships and career success.

First you could try to relax and handle situations that make you angry. So identifying when the anger occurs will assist you. After that, controlling the anger is important. There are a few ways to contain the anger. Use imagery to calm yourself down if anger arises. Consider yoga to bring you to a calm place after work. If you find yourself angry at work, walk away politely, calm yourself and think about the situation at hand logically and re-enter the situation, handling it with awareness of your anger. You can also use humor to handle irritating situations to make these irritations more manageable. This is not to suggest laughing things off, but rather to see your own anger and its absurdity. If all else fails, consider an anger management course. It will show areas to focus to allow relaxation to assist you in your anger management.

Now all of us have moments of irritation in the workplace, just be sure your anger is under control. You've read ideas that have worked for others in the past, see if anything you've read can help your anger. Of course we all have our own way of handling things. If you at least realize you have anger management issues, you can begin to work on them.

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