Tackling tough tasks and challenging complex conundra is what leaders do. (The easy stuff is almost always handled down the hall or on another floor of the building.)
Consequently, our work disproportionately carries higher risk levels for failure.
No prob! Failure is how we learn — to improve, to adapt, to reassess, to re-engage, to re-imagine.
Some failure triggers to anticipate:
Information sharing among the team is sporadic, cluttered, or non-existent
Micromanagement and/or bureaucracy generate inertia
Poor onboarding processes of new team members
Launch or deployment time windows are too tight
Political protectionism
Resource famine
If we effectively forecast the triggers of failure, we stand a chance of interdicting or mitigating them.
Failure is rarely fatal.
Fail Forward!
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Nelson Coulter
Nelson Coulter has held a lot of titles: rancher, educator, author, musician, entrepreneur, coach, mentor, consultant, and professor. He has coached, taught, and been published in many settings. He has served in public schools of all shapes, sizes, and contexts. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Professional Practice at Louisiana State University - Shreveport. His most cherished titles, however, are the ones not attached to career identity: son, husband, dad, and granddad.
