How Do Effective Managers Minimize Fear for their Employees?
FEAR: Fear is a reactive mechanism that operates when our identity is threatened. It works to erode or dissipate attention and action. DiSC® and the Effective Manager: Minimizing Fear One of the major challenges of managing in turbulent times is maintaining the morale of our employees. Competent managers recognize the importance of minimizing fear in the workplace, while still holding to the high standards and results that they expect. They accept that one of their major roles is to be a coach – that is, to “grow people while getting great results!” And one of the ways they do that is by providing feedback that is targeted to the employee and his or her behavior style (or personality). Popular personality models that are commonly used in the workplace today include the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), Social Styles, and DiSC. We are fans of any model that can help people better understand themselves and others, and we’ve chosen the DiSC model to use in most of our work. We like the
