It’s important to diagnose the anxiety stage correctly because responding with anger when people are feeling anxious tends to make the situation worse. If your leadership style is too tough, you may need to take some bigger steps to correct the situation. But for most leaders, making some small leadership style tweaks is usually all that’s required to encourage employees to take the leap from anxiety to accountability. When anxiety hits, it’s time to borrow some tips from the Diplomatic style of leadership. By making some small adjustments to your leadership style, you can quickly move them past “total freak out” mode to “I’ve got it all handled and under control.”

Source: Forbes June 02, 2019 13:07 UTC