Overcoming Organizational Fear in 3 Practical Steps

Fear is the biggest inhibitor of organizational success. It’s a natural biological response — and when leaders trigger it, the feedback loop breaks: bad news stops traveling, dissent goes quiet, and problems surface only when they’re expensive.

Tim and Junior cover the data on organizational fear, the types worth learning to spot, and three practical strategies for dismantling it: monitor your emotional response to dissent and bad news, give updates when there are no updates, and provide air cover in exchange for candor.