Fear of failure – leadership In our survey analysis, fear of failure came across as the biggest factor in deterring someone from taking up challenging initiatives as a leader. Generally people tend to settle down into a zone of comfort. Taking up a leadership initiative is equivalent to stepping out of the comfort zone. …
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In an earlier post on the topic of orchestrating a turnaround culture change, I described the situation at a bank where I worked in 1995. The story continues in this second part. During the first few weeks I spent considerable time after office hours, trying to catch up on balancing the ledgers. Since the branch …
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Culture change at a bank Every so often you will draw the short straw and get an unenviable assignment where you would need to orchestrate a turnaround culture change. The department or the team would be in shambles. Nothing will seem right and you will feel depressed. There will be negative attitudes all around and …
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