Author(s): Christine Comaford
Categories: Business & Economics > Business Life, Business & Economics > Workplace Culture, Business & Economics > Leadership, Business & Economics > Management Science, Business & Economics > Motivational
Publisher: Portfolio
Publish date: 2013-05-30
ISBN-10: 159184648X
ISBN-13: 9781591846482
Language: English
Description: Are You Scaring Your People into Mediocrity?
All leaders want to outperform, outsell, and outinnovate the
competition. And most teams are fully capable of doing so. The
problem: we consistently say and do things that spark unconscious
fears and keep our people stuck in their Critter State. This
primitive fight, flight, or freeze mode distills all decision
making to one question: What will keep me safest?
Lying low, sucking up, procrastinating, and doing a good enough job
may keep employees breathing, but it doesn’t make for vital
organizations. Leaders have to get their people unstuck and fully
engaged, replacing their old,… more…
All leaders want to outperform, outsell, and outinnovate the
competition. And most teams are fully capable of doing so. The
problem: we consistently say and do things that spark unconscious
fears and keep our people stuck in their Critter State. This
primitive fight, flight, or freeze mode distills all decision
making to one question: What will keep me safest?
Lying low, sucking up, procrastinating, and doing a good enough job
may keep employees breathing, but it doesn’t make for vital
organizations. Leaders have to get their people unstuck and fully
engaged, replacing their old,… more…
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