Tag Archives: Fear

22
Feb

Don’t copy me in, please

‘Copying in your boss every time you send an email is just a way of avoiding your own responsibility,’ said the managing director of a bank to me the other day. And how right he is! Some bosses demand to be copied in on everything, labouring under the illusion that this will give them greater control; and some subordinates always copy in their boss just in case … The effect is the same in both instances: the boss’s in-box gets clogged up with unnecessary information, with the consequent loss of time that this entails; but this is not the worst of it: (more…)

7
Jul

What lies behind our fear?

Fear cloaks itself in many different disguises, and some of them are very difficult to penetrate, such as stress, “respect” or not feeling at one with the world. What’s more, tracking fear down from behind its various masks often requires you to become your own personal Sherlock Holmes. (more…)

23
Dec

Five key ideas for confronting fear

Angela Mendez and Montse Mateos recently wrote an excellent article about the impact of fear in the workplace. In this post, I’ll elaborate on their ideas to help people face up to fear.

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10
Oct

No Fear Slideshow

I have put together a Powerpoint presentation  about my new book NoFear and some ideas that I discuss in conferences.

No Fear

View more presentations from Pilar Jerico.
7
Oct

Control for control’s sake

Control for control’s sake could well be the motto of many companies. A friend of mine, who has just been appointed as the managing director of an American multinational corporation, told me about his own frustrating attempts to improve the people management in his own company. (more…)

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