# fear
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6:49The 'job hugging' phenomenon — fear vs. loyaltyJeffrey Fermin: Yeah, I think that's really basic psychology. That's that moment where people just go, and I'm not going to start swearing on LinkedIn Live, but they just kind of give up. They just go, we don't care anymEP LIVE-2026-04-03 · 3 Apr 2026·panel interview· 6:49–9:5825:31Why are people job hugging? Confusion, fear, uncertaintyJeffrey Fermin: And you're right, I think— Leanne Elliott: oh, sorry, Kristien, go Jeffrey Fermin: Jeff, go for itEP LIVE-2026-04-03 · 3 Apr 2026·panel interview· 25:31–29:459:43The first month: excitement, fear, and keeping busyJeremy Cline: A mixture of excited and scared. I kept myself busy. I mean, that was one thing. Certainly the first month or so, I actually felt like I was really busy, Part of that was because one of the, um, the benefitEP 259 · 18 Dec 2025·interview· 9:43–13:1117:01What leaders fear most: decision points and 180-degree decisionsLeanne Elliott: With your coaching work, when you're talking to leaders, what's the thing that they're most fearful of when it comes to this disruption, when it comes to AI automation? What are they talking to you about?EP 257 · 11 Dec 2025·interview· 17:01–21:010:00The classroom exercise: why we fear the wrong thingsAl Elliott: So there's a classroom with a psychology professor. He asks everyone to raise their hands if they're scared of spiders. And of course, some hands shoot up. Snakes? There are more hands. Now he asks, who's scaEP 247 · 6 Nov 2025·interview· 0:00–0:4019:16Fear doesn't need evidence — it needs repetitionLeanne Elliott: Once that fear sets in, it doesn't need evidence. It just needs repetition and silence. Workplaces didn't suddenly become hostile They became hesitant. Leaders paused, and trans people were the first to fEP 199 · 22 May 2025·interview· 19:16–21:5044:28Workplace Surgery: Scared to manage peopleAl Elliott: Okay. Question number 3. I'm scared to manage people. Would a course help me get over that? So this listener writes, I've been offered a chance to step up and lead a small team, and I want to say yes, but if EP 196 · 13 May 2025·workplace surgery· 44:28–50:5731:10The fear of saying the wrong thingLeanne Elliott: I'm— I guess one thing you've said quite a lot is, you know, people are worried about saying the wrong thing. Can anyone say the wrong thing? What's the wrong thing? Maria Georgiou: You'd be surprised. I EP 151 · 5 Dec 2024·interview· 31:10–35:4437:30Leadership styles: respect vs. fearJon Smith: Ferguson, who I knew very well, reasonably well, did it by respect and fear. Arsène did it by physical and verbal eloquence. Klopp, what little I know, because my son was involved with one of the players thereEP 91 · 18 Apr 2024·interview· 37:30–40:05
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