Anger, like any emotion, is a feedback mechanism. When healthy, it helps you make decisions responding to the situation best. On the other hand, unhealthy anger can lead you to impulsive actions and lose control of yourself. These actions can often have consequences and throwbacks that you may repent for a long time, particularly when let loose around family or in the workplace. Fortunately, there are many ways to stop your anger outbursts from ruining your relationships and career, one of which is reading up on it.
The Cow in the Parking Lot: A Zen Approach to Overcoming Anger by Susan Edmiston
“What a punch! That guy must be mad.” most of us think when watching a boxing match.
There is a preconceived idea that certain professions need you to be angry (or show yourself angry). However, no job in this world requires you to be angry. On the contrary, if you want to be successful in your profession, you must keep your cool so that you can take the best decisions, think straight, and influence those around you.
Discover in this book a new you approach to dealing with anger.
Anger at Work: Learning the Art of Anger Management on the Job by Hendrie Weisinger
In Anger at Work, Dr. Hendrie Weisinger, the leading specialist in anger management, presents a dramatic reappraisal of anger. When applied, the anger management skills he shares will help you respond productively to provoking situations we all encounter daily at work: harassment, angry groups and coworkers, incompetence, career plateaus, cut benefits, and more. Dr. Weisinger teaches you the art of anger management on the job – and how to use anger as a positive force for improving results in multiple and diverse ways.
Bad Behavior in the Workplace by Michael Weiner
In this fictional approach to the subject, Dr. Andrew Brown is at the top of his game. After spending decades clawing his way through jungles of bureaucratic red tape and pushing the edge of the medical status quo, he’s the head of the Pediatric Oncology unit of the prestigious Rose Children’s Hospital in New York City and is nationally recognized as a leader in his field.
But when an inappropriate and angry outburst at work puts his career, his reputation, and his marriage, in jeopardy, he has no choice but to take the first few uncomfortable steps toward change.
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Healing the Angry Brain by Ronald Potter-Efron, MSW Ph.D.
An angry brain leads to an unhealthy body. Your body is expressing what you think. Therefore, if your thoughts are angry or negative, your body feels that like a collision with a train. It hurts to be angry…
There are many illnesses caused by our behavior. We are not talking here about what you eat or vices. We are talking about behaviors like getting angry, raging, having a defeated attitude, or an excessive sense of entitlement. That kind of behaviors we are talking about. Those behaviors make you and those around you sick more than almost anything else.
Discover in this book how you can turn things around for yourself; understand your brain better and take control of your career, family and life.
No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention by Reed Hastings
Netflix co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings teamed up with author Erin Meyer to explain the magic behind Netflix’s unique culture. Hastings shares how he and the executive team learned how to put more trust in their people, which led them to remove rules and policies, resulting in their “unlimited PTO” policy and their one-sentence expense policy. Hastings explains that if you hire, develop, and retain world-class people, you can empower your team to make their own decisions, candidly share feedback with each other, and co-create the culture with you.
Anger at Work by Amy B. Adler and David Forbes
Problematic anger can cause major disruptions in the workplace and negatively influence individual performances as well as health and well-being across entire organizations. This is a particularly serious problem in high-risk occupations, where the consequences of prolonged, unhealthy anger can be devastating.
This book reveals the impact of anger on job performance and in the workplace context, with a particular focus on police, firefighters, and the military. This book aims to help researchers and practitioners distinguish healthy from unhealthy, unproductive anger and to understand its links to problems such depression, alcohol abuse, and PTSD.
