COURSE TITLE
UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING ANGER
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OVERVIEW  

Anger is a universal experience. Dogs get angry, bees get angry and so does anybody who works. You don’t have to be a psychologist to know that managing anger productively is something few individuals, organizations and societies do well. Yet research tells us that those employees who do manage their anger and the anger of others, are much more successful than those who don’t. The co-worker who can effectively, yet tactfully, address the negative attitudes of his/her team mates, increases his/her team’s chance of success as well as minimizes destructive conflicts. The customer service agent who can defuse the angry customer not only keeps her customers loyal but makes her own day less troublesome. This one-day workshop is to help give you and your organization that edge

LEARNING OBJECTIVES  

At the conclusion of this workshop, you will be expected to:

  • Be better able to recognize how anger affects your body, your mind and your behaviour
  • Be better able to use the five-step method to break old patterns and replace them with a model for assertive anger
  • Be better able to control your own emotions when faced with other peoples’ anger
  • Be better able to identify ways to help other people safely manage some of their repressed or expressed anger
COURSE OUTLINE  
      
  1. Introduction and Course Overview
  2. What is Anger?
  3. Managing Your Anger
    • Costs and Pay-Offs
    • What Are your Anger Pay-Offs?
  4. The Anger Process      
    • What is the Process?   
    • Anger Log                   
  5. The Problem with Trigger Thoughts              
  6. How Anger Affects Thinking
    • Is Anger the Best Response?   
    • Distorted Thinking       
  7. Managing Anger
    • Coping Strategies
    • Sanctuary        
    • Relaxation Techniques
  8. Communicating            
    • The Four-Step Message          
    • Are you a Good Listener?        
    • Asking Questions         
    • Three Keys     
  9. Behaviour Types          
  10. Taking Control
METHODOLOGY  
  • Large group discussions
  • Individual work and reflection
  • Small group discussion and exercises
  • Case studies
  • Simulations / Role-plays
WHO SHOULD ATTEND  
  • All levels of employees
PRE-REQUISITES

 

  • Completed pre-assignment
DURATION  
  • 1 Day
CLASS SIZE  
  • .6 – 20