No Fear

Based on the book
NoFear
in Work and in Life
Pilar Jericó
Partner at InnoPersonas
www.pilarjerico.com
Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 (June)

Fear in mythology…
According to Greek and Roman mythology, fear is the son of the god of war (Mars) and the goddess of love (Venus).
The reason for this parentage is that we experience fear in connection with what we love and do not want to lose: fear is associated with loss.

… fear in mythology
And fear is the son of Mars because people have four instinctive ways of escaping from it:
To flee
To freeze
To look up to people in positions of power
To act aggressively (Mars)
Mythology helps to explain why, when people are aggressive, it’s often down to fear.

Types of fear
High
Stress
Phobia
Duration
Anxiety
Fearful states
Panic
Low
Shock
Low
High
Fear at work
Intensity
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Healthy fear, toxic fear
We have two types of fear:
Healthy or tempering fear, which leads to cautiousness, and is the reason why we’ve got to where we are in evolutionary terms.
Toxic fear, which stops us from taking decisions and developing our talents. Unfortunately, this is the fear which is activated in tough times and economic crises.

Healthy fear, toxic fear
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We are born with fear
We have two types of brain:
Emotional, where we process emotions (limbic system).
Rational, where we process thought and language (neocortex system).
The information we receive from the outside passes first through our emotional brain; this means that we experience fear before rational thought.
Rational brain
Emotional brain

The cost of fear in companies
800%
758%
Almost six times more!
600%
400%
128%
200%
0%
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Fortune 500 companies
Growth of the de 500 biggest companies in the United States in the last 10 years.
Source: Fast Company (2005)

The cost of fear in our lives
Fear stops us from taking decisions and being creative.
It plunges us into a world of insecurity and stops us from developing our potential.
“We regret what we haven’t done, not what we did.”
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, a doctor who worked with terminally ill patients for more than twenty years.

The five fears in the world of work
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The five fears in the world of work
Change in responsibilities
8%
Fear of change: 16%
Changing teams
3%
Fear of failure: 38%
Re-location
Others
Making a mistake
4%
1%
14%
Not meeting
Being different
targets
4%
10%
Not being accepted
by the team
Taking decisions
Fear of rejection: 24%
11%
15%
Being criticized
Losing one’s job
Lack of social
8%
16%
recognition
0%
Losing a position
Fear of losing power: 6%
of influence
Fear of not surviving: 16%
6%
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The impact of fear in companies
Change and long-term vision
Talent
What fear attacks
Innovation and creativity
Quality of life and happiness
The victims: companies’ and employees’ performance
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Fear or talent?
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Fear or talent?
In my company, meeting targets is “encouraged” through fear
50,8%
Hiring, developing and retaining talented people is considered to be a strategic priority
54,2%
People in the company perform according to what their boss expects of them
54,2%
I think that using fear is not a good strategy for meeting the company’s objectives
93,3%
0%
100%
Completely disagree
Completely agree
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NoFear in companies
A shared vision
(in which all the stakeholders win)
People management
Power at the service of the company
(and not of personal interests)
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Brave leaders
(who delegate and develop their team’s potential)
Clarity / Transparency
(communication)
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NoFear in Life: How your emotions can help:
Make friends with fear
Emotional alliance
Group support

NoFear in Life: How your powers of reason can help:
Look fear in the face
Learning
Experience
Make it practical
The distance lent by time
Sense of humour

NoFear in Life: Your overriding motivation
The opposite of love is not hate, but fear
The question: To be or to have?
My overriding mission or motivation
Man, in the final analysis, determines himself.
Viktor Frankl, psychiatrist (1905-1997)

“A brave person is not someone who has no fear, but someone who can overcome it.”
Nelson Mandela

Based on the book
NoFear
in Work and in Life
Pilar Jericó
Partner at InnoPersonas
www.pilarjerico.com
Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 (June)

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