Do you sometimes--or often--yell and wish you didn't?
Let's start with the tough truth:
Your children will use your voice when they grow up.If you are a routine "yeller," chances are they will be as well. Their future target? Your grandchildren.
In the workplace, research bears out that calm leaders foster higher productivity. Workers feel secure and free to do their best when a leader remains calm even in intense situations.
Your family is your most important workplace. Those in your charge will feel more secure and able to learn this thing called life every time you exude calm, even in intense situations.
There is usually a split second--before you yell--when you are deciding how to express your displeasure. The displeasure presumably is warranted--someone needs to change something. It is the delivery system that is in question.
If you as your own sheriff were to arrest you for yelling, how long would your rap sheet be? Would you like it to change in the new year?
Yelling is a camp we operate out of even when it does not serve us well. How did we get there? How can break down this camp?
As we wrap up 2012, we will examine yelling and find ways to lead those we love with less yelling and more calm. We will hunt for our best voice.
It will feed the strength of your family.
