Ever made a mistake?
We’ve all done it. We’ve all made a big blunder in our leadership. Heck, the book Contagious Leadership is a collection of the lessons I learned in years of learning to lead the hard way. The trick is not to avoid ever making a mistake, but to jump right in and fix it, learn from it, and move forward.
Think about it this way, as my friend and comedian Darren Lacroix is fond of saying. “Have you ever fallen on your face?” Mind you after he says that he literally falls on his face on the stage, like doing a forward Nestea plunge! And once he’s been down for moments that make the audience just a bit uncomfortable, he then asks: “Have you ever stayed down too long?” Have you? However, here’s the key learning lesson: once you’ve fallen down or fallen on your face, do you ever realize that at least you’ve fallen forward and still, even in the error, made some progress?
What’s been your most powerful leadership mess up or “fall on your face” foundation for learning?
Have a difficult boss who doesn’t ever seem to make mistakes?
This may be a prime opportunity for you learn how to deal with that “difficult” person who messes up but won’t admit it. For more information on our April conference of “How Do We Deal with Difficult People” click here.
Stay Contagious!
Monica
