Courage Goes to Work: How to Build Backbones, Boost Performance, and Get Results »

This book helps managers inspire their workers to move out of their comfort zones and harness their fears in order to step up to challenges more readily and embrace company changes more wholeheartedly.

Foreword Sara Blakely Blakely, Sara

Introduction Too Much Comfort, Too Much Fear 1

Pt. I Setting a Foundation for Courage 15

Ch. 1 Look Before You Leap 17

Ch. 2 Jumping First 31

Ch. 3 Create Safety Nets 41

Ch. 4 Harness Fear 57

Ch. 5 Modulate Comfort 67

Pt. II Three Buckets of Courage 81

Ch. 6 Fillers and Spillers 87

Ch. 7 TRY Courage 101

Ch. 8 TRUST Courage 125

Ch. 9 TELL Courage 143

Pt. III Committing to Giant Leaps 165

Ch. 10 The Courageous Choice 167

Ch. 11 Courageous Living 183

Acknowledgments 193

Index 195

About the Author 205