In this insightful episode of Fear Less, Zack welcomes Tim Vaughan, the Director of Learning, Leadership, and Employee Programs at Moosilauke Visions. Tim shares his extensive experience in organizational development and leadership training. He highlights the common challenges faced within organizations and the importance of addressing systemic issues within the workplace environment rather than focusing on individual employee problems. He emphasizes how fulfilling three basic human needs—belonging, autonomy, and mastery—can play a huge role in reducing fear and anxiety in the workplace and help foster a healthy environment where both the employees and the organization can thrive.

Throughout the conversation Tim moves beyond discussing the philosophical ideas of good organizational leadership and begins providing practical strategies that can be implemented to improve the workplace. He reviews different ways that organizations that can help fulfill the three core needs and introduces listeners to “A-TIPS”, a feedback model that he created to help employees and leaders effectively communicate feedback so they can build a culture of trust and empowerment. This episode dives deep into the principles of fearless leadership and listeners can expect to learn how to transform their workplace into a hub of productivity and well-being.

Zack’s Hack: In this week’s hack for anxiety Zack talks about how fostering mastery can help address anxiety.

Fear Less is sponsored by Mountain Valley Treatment Center.