[OB]Emotions

A true story....this week a Consultant who was hired to give 360 feedback to my boss met with me and she asked..."How does Jon (name changed) deal with woman and the fact that they are more emotional then men?" I was taken a back by the question and responded that "Jon does not like emotions in men or in women; he likes that they do what it takes to control them. If I displayed emotions or if Peg (name changed) displayed emotions, his reaction would be the same; he would feel awkward and uncomfortable."

My question for you to discuss (and comment on each others postings) is, is there a place for emotions at work?

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1. should have emotion
2. display the positive emotion
3. give negative emotion carefully
4. example need to consider the relation and hierarchy in organization
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We all have the positive and negative emotion. In general, we should display the positive emotion to let other people feel more comfortable to work with, even a leader. Actually, it shocks me when the professor said 'the leader should usually display the emotion' because it is quite different from my though but I do agree his opinion now. A leader should not build a border to scare his/her employees.

The second part is the negative emotion! I feel we should consider the situation to use this negative. Negative emotions, such as angry, irony word, or even gossip, are the knife facing to others and yourself.

Take an example, when you yell to a senior or your boss, there is no good for anything but crash the relationship and trust. Therefore, we should carefully use this as a tool although we are not so perfect to make this.