Photo by krakenimages on Unsplash - Being a leader is an everyday gig. You make decisions big and small. You make choices that more or less will dictate the level of success of your team and your organization.
Unfortunately (and inevitably), you will make a mistake and although some wannabe gangster boss would tell you that mistakes are unacceptable --- once you do it long enough it is bound to happen.
Part of leadership is taking ownership --- including failures! And although it is best to move on from a setback it would always be advisable to take a step back and reflect on the things that led to the misstep so that you and your team could learn from it and avoid repeating it all over again.
But just because it's inescapable does not mean we have to sit back and just let it happen. There are several measures we can take to prevent failure and the first one is to take the time to diagnose the problem properly.
'Diagnose first before you prescribe' is a phrase I learned in one of my interviews but simply said - if you get the problem wrong then chances are you get the solution wrong.
As leaders, let us make sure to take ownership of our mistakes and failures, take measures to learn from it and more importantly establish preventive strategies to avoid it.
Cheers!
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