Most leaders are looking for problems. The ones who catch them early are looking for patterns. That distinction sounds simple until you realize how completely it changes what you notice and when you notice it.
Some people on your team do not start fires. They hand someone a match, step back, and call 911 when the smoke appears. Leaders spend enormous energy trying to identify where conflict originates.
The employee who just left your office in tears is the same one who made sure the meeting felt impossible before it started.The sequencing of this behavior is what makes it so hard to catch in real time. Leaders are trained to respond to what is in
Some workplace anger is exactly what it appears to be. People become frustrated, overwhelmed, emotionally reactive, or unable to regulate themselves effectively under pressure. Those situations happen in every organization because people are human. T