"Failure is the crucible that makes a leader into a hero", says Yale's Jeffrey Sonnenfeld.
"If you did nothing wrong, you have to stand up for exoneration. If you did something wrong, you have to go straight for contrition. Prominent people tend to avoid that. Many people believe that contrition weakens them. [Xerox (XRX, Fortune 500) CEO] Anne Mulcahy blows me away. She talks about setbacks in a way that only makes her stronger."
“People who fail should feel liberated. They've already failed. Get over it!”
Two statements from a great little article by Patricia Sellers, editor-at-large, at FORTUNE Magazine, CNN Money.com, (http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/29/news/newsmakers/sellers_failure.fortune/?postversion=2008052911).
This article is a small ‘sound bite’ of an interview with Jeffrey Sonnenfield dealing with what leaders must do to learn from and rebound from failures and/or disasters. In it he offers some sage advice on how leaders become remarkably stronger and build stronger leaders within an organization.
All too often – an overlooked skill and value necessary for the “dynamic” leader!
Enjoy the article….and until next time…
Thursday, June 5, 2008
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