DO ANGRY BOSSES MAKE US WORK BETTER?

When I hear someone say they are resilient and just doing their job, I always think back to my days in fashion.

I was resilient. I would listen to my boss yelling at me across the table and pretend that it didn’t affect me. Or be in the room when he did so to someone else. There was a mix of lowered gaze, numb stares into the space between us and him, and some holding back tears.

He loved a good team yell. It seemed that he thought it was the way work got done. In his mind, everyone walked away, feeling more motivated to get work done, faster and more perfectly. He was always super thrilled and energized afterwards and he was convinced we were all super committed after a good team yell.

The problem was – he had no clue.

Read the full article here.

—

Originally posted on March 28, 2024 at JeanetteBronee.com.