If You’re a Manager, Dealing with Drama Is Your Job

&zwj;This is another one of my articles that you’ll want your manager to read but will probably have to send anonymously. I meet so many employees who have workplace conflicts with co-workers but get no support from their managers. The source of workplace conflicts is varied. Politics tops the list, as your co-worker may see you as a threat or could simply want to have more control or authority than you. Sometimes it’s a personality issue. This could be due to a difference in values or communication, or in other ways that some pairs of people are just oil and water. I’ve had a few situations where someone felt slighted because I didn’t hire their unqualified friend for my team or didn’t buy the product their buddy tried to sell the company. The relationship just went downhill after that. Many managers don’t want to deal with such conflicts. Their solution is to tell their employees to “work it out.” I get it; managers will tell you the hardest part of the job are the people’s issues. If you have to deal with interpersonal squabbles, which are draining, you have less time and energy for the operational work. Telling people to work it out themselves helps to “grow” them and relieve you of one more headache. If you want to pursue that strategy, there’s a simple two-step process. Step 1: tell them to work it out themselves. Step 2: resign, because you have neither the desire nor competency to be a manager. I’m serious, if this is your strategy, you should not be a manager. <a href="https://medium.com/@markaherschberg/if-youre-a-manager-dealing-with-drama-is-your-job-de6f36eec963">Visit Now</a>