{"id":6665,"date":"2022-11-10T18:11:06","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T17:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mpec.it\/softskills\/?p=6665"},"modified":"2025-07-14T13:00:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T11:00:36","slug":"mistakes-errors-and-leadership-in-learning-cultures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mpec.it\/softskills\/tips\/mistakes-errors-and-leadership-in-learning-cultures\/","title":{"rendered":"Show me how you manage your mistakes and I\u2019ll tell you if you\u2019re a true leader."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In the ideal world, whenever we make a mistake, we just calmly inform all the people involved that there\u2019s been an error, we explain that it wasn\u2019t intentional, say we\u2019re sorry for any trouble it might have caused, list all we learned from it and just\u2026 well\u2026 move on, never to make the same mistake again. We are proud of the lesson learned and do not dwell on the matter longer than necessary.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sounds far-fetched, unrealistic and straightforward utopian?<\/strong><\/strong> Of course it does!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This scenario is as far from the average business reality as Google search algorithm from a library microfiche. There is, however, an immense transformative potential in looking at the way mistakes and errors are managed in our lives and in our organizations, because the way we feel about our own fallibility is one of the best indicators of true leadership (or lack thereof). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is the way we handle our own mistakes so important in assessing our own leadership skills?<\/strong> This article and the video interview it contains are aimed at mapping the answer to that question.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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