You Can Be Angry or You Can Be a Leader
I was taking with a client the other day, and at one point, he made an observation about a (known to be) difficult co-worker that created an epiphany for him.
He observed that, during a recent conversation with the team, this particular person, “was committed to being angry.”
This observation can be made every day in many office and within many teams. Some people are just committed to being angry, and they can never seem to land on solutions or answers without complaining about…well…everything.
As Gilda Radner’s wonderful character, Rosanne Rosanadana once said, “If it’s not one thing, it’s another.” (The main difference being that, when she said it, it was funny.)
The challenge with those personalities is that they waste time, suck energy out of the room, and put up roadblocks that slow things down. When inspiration, motivation, and creativity are at the helm, and others are ready to move forward, that temperament leaves much to be desired.
There are usually only two reasons why someone commits to that type of disposition; either they lack confidence, and find this “tough” exterior as a cloak to hide that, or they are simply an a**hole.
Sorry to be so blunt, but it’s the truth.
