by Bill Treasurer | Sep 14, 2017 | Courageous Coaching, Courageous Leadership, Personal Growth
Why do some people confront their fears and others avoid them? Why do some harness fear? I grappled with this question during the writing of my first book, Right Risk. Through the writing of that book, and after consulting with many leaders and experts since, I have...
by Bill Treasurer | Jun 13, 2017 | Personal Growth
Last week we talked about how fear of the unknown can hold you back. In my opinion, fear of the unknown is overrated. The real fear, and the hardest to overcome, is fear of the known. Few things inhibit our ability to take a risk as much as an early bad experience. In...
by Bill Treasurer | Dec 8, 2016 | Courageous Leadership
Despite the overwhelming evidence about fear and its debilitating impacts on performance, many leaders still resort to stoking people’s fears to get work done. Don’t let fear rule your organization. Given how damaging fear is in the workplace, it is useful to...
by Bill Treasurer | Feb 9, 2016 | Courageous Leadership
Many leaders are trying to lead people who are too comfortable doing things the way they’ve always done, and too afraid to do things differently. Some of the team is too comfortable, some are too afraid, and many are both. Comfort and fear are damaging in the...
by Bill Treasurer | Jan 26, 2016 | Personal Growth
Fear and excitement prompt the same neurological responses and are important when trying to build your confidence. Think for a moment about what happens to you physiologically when you are really, really afraid. Your heart races, your palms sweat, your breath gets...
