An Arbitrator’s Edge

In the trading world, arbitration takes a special kind of temperament, along with an enormous amount of control. Stock arbitration, or stock speculation as it is sometimes called, can only be successful if the individual separates their emotion and their livelihood from the transaction process. Also, they need a humongous amount of discernment and self control to keep them from trading during non-moving market fluctuations just for the sake of trading. There are many pretenders, but the real deal in arbitration requires huge amounts of self discipline, self control, and lack of emotional connection. This emotionless state of mind works for many different types of situations.

For example, in the business world when you are implementing employee drug and alcohol testing, it is necessary to not become too bogged down in personal preferences for specific people. You must be able to separate the personal and professional emotional blueprints within yourself. If you are unable to do this, you will be cold and unfeeling in your private life, or warm and doormat-like in your professional life. Many inexperienced managers cannot bring themselves to not “Be their buddy or friend,” but these two jobs are not mutually exclusive. It is possible to engage personally with an employee on a personal level, and to engage professionally with them on a professional level. It is merely a matter of switching between two different types of energy.

Emotions cannot be brought into a professional mindset. Even in the service industry or when seeing to the needs of clientele, it becomes very necessary to leave emotions completely out of the transaction whatsoever. This will not make you cold and unfeeling. It will make you better able to see problems and anticipate needs before they are voiced.

Onsite drug and alcohol screening brings a mindset of professionalism, the unique aspect of the successful arbitrator, to your place of employment. Employee drug screening sets off initial alarm or uncomfortable feelings toward the process, but as the volatile emotions leave and professionalism enters, it cleans up how everyone views alcohol testing. The more professional they are, the more they value the workplace drug testing process.