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The Dark Side of Leadership: Why Fear is a Losing Strategy

Fear can enable your survival, but it will never empower you to succeed as a leader or emerging leader. When people complain about their bosses and workplaces, fear is often the unnamed source of their discontent. This is what fear sounds like in our self-talk and conversations with others, even if the word is not actually used:

Employee Fears
“I don’t want to rock the boat. I just want to keep my head down and work hard.”
“I don’t want to share my idea with leadership, because they’ll probably think it’s stupid.”
“I don’t want to take on any new assignments or projects that might fail.”

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