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4 Impressive Ways Great Leaders Handle Their Mistakes
Move beyond your mistakes
Successful people keep moving; they make mistakes but don't quit.
Learn to use failure as a stepping stone away from the past. You don't forget your mistake, but you don't dwell on it or let it get you down. Get up and keep moving.
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Acknowledge your mistakes
Never try to cover up or blame others for what went wrong. If you messed up, admit it and own it.
Admitting your mistakes earns you the respect of those you lead and makes your leadership human.
Learn from your mistakes
Once you learn from your mistakes, don't repeat them.
The best leaders know creativity often means breaking rules, making mistakes and learning along the way. Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes; leadership is learning from them.
Teach others from your mistakes
When you make mistakes, make a point of teaching others what you've learned. Doing so builds connection and trust.
The best leaders are the great teachers, coaches, and guides who show us the way after they have been down that path.
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- Most people unconsciously overreact about their mistakes.
- It is much better to accept mistakes, learn from them, and move on.
Admit and acknowledge your mistake
- It’s critical to be transparent, and candid own up to the mistake, and not blame others.
- Even if it was a group mistake, acknowledge your role instead of hiding.
- In cases where someone was hurt, issue an apology, but don’t apologize too much, or be defensive.
- The key is to be action-oriented and focus on the future.
Make use of your support network
A healthy support network is beneficial if it has authentic trusting relationships, has a varied range of perspectives, and follows the 'give and take rule'.
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Controlling Your Emotions.
- Identify your emotional triggers and learn to manage your reactions.
- Learn and pay attention to the subtle warning signs your body gives when you're starting to react rather than resp...
Reacting Vs. Responding
Reacting is when we unconsciously experience an emotional trigger and unconsciously express or relieve that emotion.
However, when we respond, we notice how we are feeling, and we consciously decide how we will respond.
EQ Versus IQ
Research indicates that Emotional Quotient EQ is what determines how successful you will be as a leader. Most leaders get hired because of their IQ, but promoted or fired because of their EQ.
The good EQ allows you to manage your emotions. It enables you to understand your feelings, manage them and then take time to make the right decision.
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“Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive..."
Jack Welch
Vision
Great leaders have a clear, exciting idea of where they are going. They are excellent at strategic planning.
While a manager gets the job done, great leaders tap into the emotions of their employees.
Winston Churchill
“Courage is rightly considered the foremost of the virtues, for upon it, all others depend.”
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