How to inspire courage in your people

“I have learned that courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” – Nelson Mandela

We know that success in business depends on taking bold steps, assessing a market or situation and having it courage to take risks. How do you proceed define courage for your employees? Create an environment in which you can overcome fear of failure and break out of ingrained patterns striving for greatness is rewarded? Listed below are strategies you can employ to inspire the kind of boldness you want to see in your workplace.

1. Emphasize the value of courage

Remind your employees frequently of the value of being brave. Highlight the examples from history where Leaders overcame fear and achieved great things. Be clear that you are not define courage as recklessness or brazen behavior, but the calculated will to persevere and resist fear and difficulty. Taking risks can feel counterintuitive to many, so your employees need to know that you value courage over perfection.

2. Model boldness

Work out manufacturing Dare to define characteristic your own work. Share examples of riskier strategies that helped you get results. Don’t be afraid to share them setbacks you have experienced in the pursuit of ambitious goals. Transparency and honesty about temporary failures on the road to success demonstrate an authentic commitment to courage in the workplace. What better way to prove you embrace boldness than by being open about your own flaws? Your team will benefit too when they hear how you felt in the moments when your bravery paid off.

3. Start asking better questions

If you’re meeting someone alone, take them Time to review previous decisions and discuss missed opportunities Having courage and taking risks to pursue more ambitious goals. To avoid it, it will simply be a conversation of disappointment and regret. Instead, keep the open dialogue going. Ask thought-provoking questions like:

• “What would you have done if you hadn’t thought about ill effects?”
• “What stopped you from trying something bolder?”
• “What could have happened if you tried this idea and it didn’t work? Can we deal with these consequences? How bad would it have been?”

4. Provide up-to-date feedback

Don’t wait for these one-on-one sessions to talk about it Redefine courage. Use routine meetings and decisions give feedback immediately and talk about how more risk could have done the situation good and how it could have paid off. This will have a dual effect. First, the immediate feedback provides the opportunity for minor course corrections rather than a large change in decision-making later. Second, keeping an eye on the conversation about courage gives your team the motivation to keep practicing and building courage into their everyday lives. Regular encouragement to be brave helps build the habit of courage at work and reduces anxiety in the face of challenge.

5. Rephrase mistakes

One of the big buzzwords in economic research these days is “psychological security”, ie creating a workplace where the team feels encouraged to experiment, challenge assumptions and sometimes fail in the pursuit of excellence. Make sure your employees understand that Striving for challenging goals creates opportunity for unprecedented success. Failure is inevitable sometimes, especially when trying to achieve something great. Create an environment where everyone feels inspired to try bold things with understanding Mistakes are also an opportunity to learn and be more successful next time.

As a group, you become more innovative and productive when you unleash the courage of your employees. You might even tap into a new source of courage for yourself. Model how you can embody courage through the action steps outlined above, and you will encourage your entire team.

As a head coach, Joel Garfinkle is recognized as one of the top 50 coaches in the US. He offers executive coaching to help companies build a pipeline of leaders who can excel at management level. Joel is the one Author of 11 booksincluding “Executive Presence: Step into your power, inspire confidence and lead with conviction.” Subscribe to his Fulfillment at Work newsletter which is delivered to over 10,000 people. You can check out his video library of over 200 easy-to-action inspirational 2-minute video clips subscribe to his YouTube channel.

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