“Wait a minute! The week hasn’t even begun, and I feel like I’m under seige.”
There are demands coming from several fronts. There are complaints echoing off the walls. There are attacks spewing from your small and mean-spirited co-workers.
Before you even have a chance to implement any game plan of your own, you’re knocked off balance and reeling from what feels like an assault on all sides.
Demands, complaints and attacks are not unusual workplace dynamics. But when they all come at once it can be overwhelming.
Instead of your usual calm and measured poise, you find yourself angry, defensive, and ready to strike back.
This is the moment when you need to set down the phone, step outside, and walk around the block three times.
The first trip around the block is for venting. Wave your arms in the air. Kick a tree or two. Shout out all those colorful adjectives that describe everyone else so (more…)