Managers: Fear of Failure

This article originally published in the July 2008 version of HR News is still good reading today! Yes it’s true, this past December Bob turned 63.  Interestingly, he still has some of the same fears he had as a teenager.  Time has not cured them. Here’s part of his fear list – fear of failure, fear of conflict and fear of rejection.  Ladies, you may not be able to associate with this, but the guys reading this newsletter will.  As a teenager Bob would rather have been burned at stake than call a girl for a date.  He remembers...

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