Fear Intelligence: A practical framework for leading beyond fear

By Jacqueline Wales

Fear is running your business... before you do.
It shows up in procrastination, micromanagement, perfectionism, and risk aversion. The result? Stalled innovation, broken trust, and missed opportunities.

Fear Intelligence flips the script. Leadership advisor Jacqueline Wales reveals how to turn fear from hidden liability into your greatest strategic advantage. With her F.E.A.R. framework-Face, Explore, Act, Rise-you'll learn to recognize fear as data, unlock courage in uncertainty, and lead with resilience, trust, and authenticity.

Practical, story-driven, and immediately actionable, this book is a call to action: stop letting fear run the show and start using it as fuel for growth.

Expanded Description

Fear doesn't disappear when you ignore it. It drives your business in subtle ways-through perfectionism, procrastination, micromanagement, and risk aversion. The cost? Missed opportunities, stalled innovation, broken trust.

But what if fear wasn't a weakness to suppress-what if it was your most powerful source of clarity, courage, and growth?

In Fear Intelligence, leadership advisor and author Jacqueline Wales delivers a bold framework that transforms fear from a silent saboteur into your greatest advantage. Her **F.E.A.R. model-Face, Explore, Act, Rise-**shows you how to:

See fear as actionable data, not a danger signal.

Expose the hidden stories behind hesitation and self-doubt.

Shift from paralysis to decisive action-even in uncertainty.

Build resilience, trust, and authenticity as a leader others want to follow.

Through vivid stories, practical exercises, and real-world case studies, Wales equips leaders, executives, and ambitious professionals with the tools to stop fear from running the show-and start using it to drive transformation.

This is more than a leadership book. It's a manifesto for a new era of business: one where leaders rise not by avoiding fear, but by mastering it.

Endorsements

"Jacqueline Wales gives leaders the courage to use fear as a catalyst for breakthrough performance."
-Lance J. Descourouez, MA, MSOD, CEO and Master Chair, Vistage Worldwide

"A masterclass in transforming fear into a powerful driver of growth and change."
-Julia Phelan, PhD, Former Research Scientist, UCLA

"Fear Intelligence equips you with vivid stories and solid frameworks that fuel courage and transformation."
-Tammy Gooler Loeb, Executive Leadership Coach; Author, Work from the Inside Out

"Eye-opening and actionable, Jacqueline Wales makes emotional intelligence and psychological safety practical for every leader."
-Amber Lowry, CEO and Founder, Syssero

"Deeply human and immediately practical, Jacqueline Wales introduces a new language of fear intelligence."
-Angela L.M. Stopper, PhD, CLO, UC Berkeley

Stop letting fear run your company. Start leading with Fear Intelligence.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FTLRQLNB
• ISBN13: 9798263163594
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"