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It’s pretty obvious... yelling
doesn’t help promote a respectful workplace

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or help make people feel included.

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It’s the same thing when
dealing with conflict.

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Relationships get damaged,
productivity dramatically decreases...

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People just shut down.

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I mean, who wants to be yelled at?

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It’s unfortunate, but those who
hit conflict straight on like that

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usually don’t know a better way
to get things done.

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How many meetings do we need?

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People are texting me
because I’m always tied up.

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I can’t get anything done cuz
I’m in meetings all the time.

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I need to send myself a meeting
request just to get to my emails.

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And these sales goals are so unrealistic.

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I’m tired of hearing “Be more
productive”... “Maximize your efforts.”

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Okay! Stop!

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I’ve had enough of your complaining.

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I’m sick of this!

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I have tons of resumes
so any of you can be replaced...

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Now, item one - budgets.

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Okay, so everything’s due on Friday.

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That’s fine.

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And I don’t mean to sound like
a broken record here but

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do we really need to have
all of these meetings?

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Yeah. I feel like maybe you just
haven’t thought this all the way through.

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I can see that you’re frustrated.
Tell me why.

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My task list keeps getting longer.
These meetings just take up a lot of time.

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How about the rest of you?

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It’s like we can’t move fast
enough on the treadmill to keep up.

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I think we’re all feeling stressed.

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I see, and I’m glad
you brought this up.

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Let’s talk solutions.

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Tim, do you have any ideas?

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Well, I know it’s important to meet.

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But what if we met every other day or
maybe scale back the time each day?

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Yeah.
That would help...

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And maybe we can spend just a
little less time on each agenda item?

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This is good.

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Anybody else?

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I think I have an idea...