It’s in the learnings

Can you relate? You catch up with friends or former colleagues and you find yourself reminiscing not necessarily about the “big wins” – but about the “losses” – meaning the times you didn’t quite nail it, or needed to be taught a tough lesson. It’s those moments that have stayed with me forever; they were profound moments in time where – at the time – I felt like a failure, or wasn’t performing at the top of my game. I didn’t realize that I was swimming in the SECRET SAUCE OF LEARNING AND GROWTH. I couldn’t see it, but leadership magic was happening!

My bosses were arming me with critical learnings that I would draw from to lead my future teams. It’s HOW they held me accountable, executed that challenging conversation, and championed my improvement that made the difference.

What is that saying? Failure is fuel? Yup 100%!

HOW you lead your teams or those “up and comers” through failure, can create profound, lasting foundation principles.