Being frightened of failure can be a motivating influence. However it can also be a constraining factor causing people to 'play safe' and avoid risks.
Most change involves some risk - that things won't go to plan or as we expected. But if we don't take those risks, we don't get the change - and the benefits it brings.
So we have to encourage people to take a few risks - but managed risks. We don't want people taking unplanned, unmeasured and unmitigated risks with our resources, our business. So we have to train them to assess the risk - and to ensure they know how to recognise when all is not going to plan- and what to do about it.
Sometimes they will get this wrong - and we get a failure. But if we have the right mix of risks - and especially the right mix of people - then our successful risks should far outweigh our failures.
As they say.... "Nothing ventured, nothing gained!"
Most change involves some risk - that things won't go to plan or as we expected. But if we don't take those risks, we don't get the change - and the benefits it brings.
So we have to encourage people to take a few risks - but managed risks. We don't want people taking unplanned, unmeasured and unmitigated risks with our resources, our business. So we have to train them to assess the risk - and to ensure they know how to recognise when all is not going to plan- and what to do about it.
Sometimes they will get this wrong - and we get a failure. But if we have the right mix of risks - and especially the right mix of people - then our successful risks should far outweigh our failures.
As they say.... "Nothing ventured, nothing gained!"
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