The capability to create an emotional response is the key to any leader’s achievement. The recent perception holds that domination and power is dead; employees must be empowered to act voluntarily. They are team members, not subordinates.
It’s hard to flee the sensation that fear is still an important reality in the world of work.
Not just fear of layoffs, which are often a matter of cyclical downturns and global disruptions.
People want clear rules, honesty and mutual trust.
When one sense that one is treated fairly, one‘s feelings of fear and love become secondary to one‘s focus on the bigger picture
But when one feels that decisions are arbitrary, they will eventually fail to respond to either emotion.
leaders are subject to the direct and indirect influence of the fear-factor in leadership.
every leader is typically under the influence of both positive and negative fear-factors-while positive fear-factors influence a leader to act positively, rationally and reasonably, negative fear-factors influence a leader to act negatively, irrationally and unreasonably.
While a leader who's more influenced by positive fear-factors tends to be correspondingly more positive, rational and reasonable in his thoughts, decisions and actions, a leader who's more influenced by negative fear-factors usually tends to be correspondingly more negative in his thoughts, decisions and actions. Sixth, the most effective way to influence a leader to act positively, rationally and reasonably is to reinforce his known positive fear-factor
Overcoming fear isn’t about trying a poles apart approach to failure; it’s about looking at the root of where the fear took hold, and dealing with it. When we’ve been hurt by someone it requires forgiveness as the first step.
You are probable to repeat the failure; because now you have even less confidence you will succeed. Instead, you have to realize that you are now likely wiser and actually more likely to succeed on the second go-round.