Frustration in business. Frustration saps more productivity from a business that any other cause yet most businessmen tend to ignore the untapped potential. If you look around there is frustration everywhere. It permeates from top to bottom. I will offer a few examples but the key is to write down your own frustrations. OwnersLeaders of businesses have many frustrations that come from within and outside the business. In some cases the frustration is from employees that require extensive communication in order to function. In other cases it is from employees that cannot do the job to the level expected. Sometimes customer’s demands seem unreasonable or their complaints relentless. In still other cases the magnitude and consistency of the barrage wears a person down and becomes frustrating. ManagersOften managers are very frustrated due to a lack of empowerment. When a person is given responsibility but not the necessary authority, he is put in a frustration building pressure cooker. Other managers are frustrated by the clash in personality with subordinates and superiors. EmployeesEmployees are faced with a myriad of challenges that are often poorly defined. They are expected to overcome these challenges with tools that they perceive are inadequate. They are under funded and over supervised in their quest to achieve success. Everyone Life balance is a concept that has arisen with the X-Generation. Boomers were not allowed life balance but as they enter their moneyed years they feel they can afford some at this point in their career. When strains and demands at work conflict with the strains and demands at home, there will be immense frustration on one side or the other. This life balance requires funding that some people do not have and others perceive is inadequate. Whether that comes as not having enough money to pay the rent on the house or to make the payment on the yacht, it is frustration. As a consultant, frustration is one of the greatest reasons that I am hired. Surely no one blames it on that. It is always blamed on cash flow, employee turnover, over work, poor productivity and the like but I would not be hired if these issues did not degenerate into frustration. Overwhelmingly the answer applied to frustration falls into the following categories:

  • Tough it out
  • Ignore it

Winning@Businessâ„¢ is one proven way to overcome much of the frustration in business. It is a methodology to focus on the greatest frustrations in the business and overcome them. Some of the keys to success in overcoming frustration included are:

  • Communication
  • Problem solving
  • Meeting Technology

Team management Teamwork is very important. It helps people take ownership of their own assigned frustrations while unburdening them from the general frustrations of others. The focus is on the present and what needs to be done. You can fantasize and even lie about the future. You cannot do so in the present and that is another key to success. When you start overcoming your own frustration your approach to work improves. Your ability to work with and through others improves and your productivity increases about 30% in most cases. Multiply that 30% across the board in your business and you begin to see the potential that Winning@Business and team management can bring to an organization.What is your greatest frustration? What do you do to overcome frustration? Let me know by posting here or through our website at (www.management-one.biz)