Personally, I’d rather not fail. Life seems all that more attractive if it’s all winning. But failure is simply a part of life; it’s pretty much impossible to avoid unless you are incredibly lucky, or deluded!
How to be a leader while still ‘on the tools’
There is a plethora of leadership theory out there, some of it useful, much of it interesting to those who like leadership theory. Too many leadership articles quickly become a wish list of what we’d like from our leaders, not so much about what we as leaders can actually provide. Idealism over reality.