The criteria are similar to the characteristics listed as symptoms, particularly that the person knows their fear is unreasonable and outsized. The exact cause of specific phobias is unknown.

No matter where a team's performance anxiety stems from, managers must identify the root cause(s) and create an environment ...

Yet, this isn’t the first time we’ve seen this kind of fear. “After 9/11, which created a pretty significant time period where people were afraid to fly. So, it wasn’t just people who had ...