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Breaking the Fear Barrier
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Breaking the Fear Barrier

How Fear Destroys Companies from the Inside Out and What to Do About It

Tom Rieger
Gallup Press, 2011

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Fear rules the business world. Many employees are scared of losing their entitlements, such as status, power, money and influence. To preserve these assets, they create internal “barriers” that render their companies inefficient and unproductive. Tom Rieger – an organizational expert for the Gallup Inc. performance management consultancy – examines the destructive effect of fear within firms and discusses what executives can do to combat it. He finds that fearful people see working for their companies as akin to being in prison – hardly the setting for enthusiasm and productivity. Rieger offers pleasant, if bland, reading. He does a good job of explaining fear-based issues though you may wish he’d offered even more practical, how-to strategies for overcoming the problems he identifies. getAbstract recommends this thoughtful treatise to managers who want their employees to feel excited about their jobs, not afraid of them.

Take-Aways

  • Fear destroys employee morale, makes organizations inefficient and destroys them.
  • Employees’ fear of loss creates internal “barriers” and stultifying, harmful bureaucracy.
  • Barriers are anything that “limits the success of an individual, group or organization.”

About the Author

Tom Rieger, a senior practice expert with the research-based consultantcy Gallup Inc., develops frameworks that apply behavioral economic principles to complex organizational problems.

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    P. B. getAbstract 1 decade ago
    Love the audio summary
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    O. S. 1 decade ago
    very good book
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