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Are you feeling fearful as a leader? Turns out, you're not alone. More and more conversations I've had with leaders in the last several weeks have centred around the topic of fear. People are fearful of what's happening externally when it comes to economic variables. Others are fearful of navigating the nuances and complexities of employees who are engaged in the latest trend(s) of "quiet quitting" or "rage applying." Fear of change. Fear of innovation. Fear of being judged by their peers. Fear is often rooted in the unknown. When we don't know how something is going to unfold, or what's going to happen next, we can experience fear. We've lost a lot of structure through COVID and, with that, a lot of what we considered normal. We no longer necessarily have a sense of what's coming next. While the shift has brought some much-needed flexibility and change to an archaic workforce structure, the foundation — the fundamentals — are now starting to crumble. And with that, we land into a space of fear. When you don't have direction yourself or you know things aren't getting done, that creates anxiety and stress.
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