How to Manage Your Emotions at Work

There are many reasons why a person can feel a certain way at the workplace. Certain thoughts or events may trigger positive or negative emotions. Here is a guide on how to manage your emotions at work:

1. Recognise your emotions

When an incident arises, it is important to recognise your own emotions. If you are not able to identify them, you cannot manage them effectively.

2. Determine the source of the emotions

Ask yourself what caused you to react in that manner. Perhaps you were upset (emotions) because your boss asked you to work overtime (source) when you had scheduled a family dinner on that day.

3. Acknowledge the emotions

It is important to acknowledge the emotions rather than suppressing or denying them. It will affect your body. For some, holding back such emotions can lead to headaches, high blood pressure or upset tummies. When you learn to acknowledge how you feel at that point in time, you are in control of those emotions and reduce the intensity of how you feel.

4. Express those emotions in an appropriate manner

When we express those emotions, we have to do so in a way that there will be no misunderstanding in the intentions of expressing those emotions.