Thursday, July 15, 2010

Lessons for when you get it right and it still sucks

Highlight from BNET posting

For those times when you get it right and it sucks, remember these lessons:

  1. Not only can’t you control other people’s actions, but it’s not your job. Good managers and leaders know that.
  2. If you can feel empathy for everyone involved: those who got it wrong, those who suffered as a result, and for yourself, that’s a leadership quality.
  3. Learn from the experience because next time, the situation might be reversed, i.e. you might warn someone and be wrong, or somebody may warn you and be right.
  4. You’re not responsible for the failure of others unless they work for you, in which case you were a good leader by allowing them the opportunity to succeed or fail on their own.

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