Be open and transparent
When things fail, we snap. Getting angry, sad, or depressed is natural. However, it isn’t worth it to vent. When we vent, we just rehash those feelings into a feel good “game” we can use to hide. We flood.
However, it’s just as bad to keep things bottled inside. Suppressing your feelings, so we can avoid dealing with them, is the same as hiding. There are countless families broken apart by faux-stoicism.
Venting and suppressing are both awful. Venting triggers the repeated, intense expression of our upset feelings; suppression makes us harsh, and we tend to unleash without warning.
The better option is to acknowledge and support.
If something bad happens, lead an open discussion. Make sure you give people context. Then, give them space to move forward.
It is ugly at first. Know that transparency helps to build the foundation for great teams.
From the desk of Adam Thomas 