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Article: The workplace; They don't get mad, they get a consultant As tempers boil, employers find help curbing workplace anger.(BUSINESS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
- Article date:
- September 16, 1997
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With workplace anger and violence a hot topic, a consulting cottage industry has sprung up to help cope with everything from personality conflicts to stalking and other problems that are brought onto the job.
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"This place makes me sick," said Jonesy, a production worker from C-Squared Corp., a Twin Cities manufacturing company. "They're always trying to find somebody to blame for the company's problems."
Told recently that his job would soon be eliminated, Jonesy exploded.
But "Jonesy" has nothing to worry about. He's actually a character in a theatrical presentation on workplace conflict, presented to Walker Art Center employees ...