Leadership mistakes are now more acutely open to public scrutiny than at any other time in history. When leaders from political, corporate, religious, and nonprofit envi-ronments are challenged by conditions requiring them to operate with lightning speed, to do more with less, and to satisfy a diverse range of stakeholders, errors come to the forefront more quickly than ever. Are you a leader who is open about your mistakes? Or are you more covert about them? Our research has discovered more positive results for leaders in the former camp. And if you are a leader who addresses mistakes openly, do you know how to recover from them? If so, you're in a prized lot. Our recent study of leadership failures indicates that the best leaders do make mistakes; what distinguishes the successful ones from the unsuccessful is that the former know how to recover.
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