Entrepreneurs: the Truth about Yelling
by Miki Saxon
An AlwaysOn post explaining How to Get Yelled AT caught my attention and should catch yours.
Verbally it had the typical male orientation, but there is plenty for women who are just as likely to be alpha males as guys, so ignore the gender stuff.
Supposedly, those who yell in the military and sports do so because they care, which is true only when the words yelled aren’t abusive (as they so recently have been).
Outside of those two areas, with the caveat mentioned, I don’t believe there is any reason to yell, since yelling rarely accomplishes anything positive.
This is especially true when bosses are yelling at staff (or parents at kids).
Often when I call startup bosses for yelling at their people they respond by saying something to the effect that if it was good enough for Steve Jobs it’s good enough for them—forgetting that from a management prospective Jobs is a lousy role model.
Generally, yelling is the fastest way to make sure that folks tune out and disengage.
So what do you do when something happens and you are justifiably angry?
Use the process I described way back in 2006; a lot may have changed, but it still works.
Flickr image credit: AlishaV
