FAILURE.

Failure is common to leadership. So, the greatest leadership disappointments don’t come from failure, but from “a failure to imagine failure.” Effective leaders not only contemplate failure, they embrace it as a learning experience - understanding that any misstep that we do not learn from tends towards plateau, decline and, potentially, catastrophe. The devastating loss of the space shuttle Columbia during re-entry in 2005 was due to a preventable issue that was known but, tragically, overlooked. So, what separates leaders who progress after failure from those who don’t? ‘Perspective.’ Those who move forward understand that a setback isn’t a signpost for turning back, rather, it is an opportunity to grow, reflect, recover and then “comeback.” #LeadThroughFailure

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