Character

Why Great Leaders Get Angry–and Show It

Think about remarkably successful entrepreneurs. They’re logical. They’re rational. In the face of crisis or danger or even gross incompetence, they remain steely-eyed, focused, and on point.

They don’t get angry–or at the very least they don’t show their anger.

Unless, of course, they happen to be Steve Jobs. Or Jeff Bezos. Or Bill Gates. Or Larry Ellison. Or…

Most of us were taught that the only way to lead effectively is to eliminate, or at the very least swallow and hide, emotions like anger and frustration. Go professional or go home, right?

Wrong. From Inc.

What do you think? Does the positive impact from anger make the emotional outburst justified?

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