All tagged Failure

Missed Taken Leadership

At some point, all leaders lose their way. Sometimes it's, "Nailed it," and other times it's, "Failed it!" I want to encourage you. Failure is inevitable. If you step out to succeed, you WILL fail. Failure is a part of the journey. However, you don’t always have to make the same mistakes over and over. You can learn from them and grow. Read More…

Cancelling Cancel Culture

Too often, leaders cancel people when they fail. If someone doesn’t get it right the first time, to avoid public embarrassment, they’re not allowed to try again. This is leadership cancel culture. It’s time to cancel cancel culture. Instead, we need a coaching-culture. One roots out the person, while the other pulls out their potential. Read More…

Leaders Slip

I wish I could say that every leader has failed except for me. I can’t. Truth is, I’ve failed immeasurably more times as a leader than I’ve succeeded. Yet, in my experience, and most leaders I’ve talked to, we learn far more from failure than we ever could from our successes. Read More…