06/24/2021

Climb the "Courage Ladder" to Overcome Your Fears

Take smaller risks that teach the skills needed to take larger risks later

Darden Professor Jim Detert has a novel idea for business leaders: It doesn't matter how big your leadership toolkit is if you won't be courageous enough to use those tools when it counts. And just like any other competency, you can learn, practice and strategically deploy this ability to act skillfully in high-stress moments.

In his new book, Choosing Courage, Detert sets out a detailed roadmap for building these courage muscles, as well as determining how and when to use them.

In The Importance of Courage, we took a look at the essential premise of the book and at the risks that come with courageous decisions and failing to enact them. Here, we dig deeper into practical recommendations for getting to the other side of fears.

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