Fear is a natural emotion and if someone wants to be a manager, he must learn to work with it. A leader who lets himself be controled by fear, is indecisive, makes excuses and looks for the easiest ways to solve problems. He does not realize that even the fact of doing nothing has its consequences. Thus, how to know if you are too limited by your fear and what to do about it?
You are looking for ways how not to decide
You avoid unpleasant familiarizing with problems in depth and deciding which direction to take. You can surely feel it. And you also feel that you will not move anywhere with this approach. The most important thing is to admit it.
You pretend that you do not know something you know very well
You consciously disregard new opportunities and old problems because you do not want to risk anything. A leader must be able to face reality and decide even when it is difficult.
You ignore causes of failures
A policy, person or way of thinking reduces the performance of your team and you know about it. If you want to show that you have courage, focus on eliminating the causes.
You tell yourself that you are not ready
Accept the fact that you will never have all the information. If you wait for the perfect moment, you will never start anything.
You are constantly blaming others
You feel that when something is someone else's problem, you are getting rid of the responsibility. In fact, you place yourself into the role of a victim who does not have things under control. And that has nothing to do with leadership.
You solve others' problems
Even this is not the best strategy. When you solve all the problems of your people, they will become too dependent on you and will not develop their own initiative.
Y ou want to get rid of your fear by greater volume of work
The more you fear, the more you tend to keep yourself busy. As the result, you become inundated with a number of unimportant things. Try to stop and realize what you are afraid of and why and you will see that you will get more time for the things that you really care about and that are important.
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