Week 12 Essay
Response to the statement: "Some leaders learn to lead by making mistakes and then reflecting enough on those mistakes to develop principles for the future…another way to learn is the principles based on the mistakes of others."
If all leaders were humble enough to admit when they have made a mistake then they, and the people they lead would be better off. One of the problems with the first part of this statement is that people are not willing to admit they have made a mistake. Which of course is not right because we have all made mistakes, it is just that some people are not willing to be honest with themselves and think that they never do anything wrong. Another problem with the first part of this statement is that leaders are too often not willing to accept blame or responsibility for the mistakes they make. They are quick to place blame elsewhere and absolve themselves from any wrong. Good leaders are willing to admit that they have make mistakes and are willing to reflect upon those mistakes and grow from the mistakes they have made.
More leaders are willing to learn from the mistakes of other because it is much easier to say someone else has made a mistake. Leaders should look at the lives of the leaders of the past and people currently in leadership and see what mistakes they have made and learn from them. If someone has already made one mistake then you don't have to make the same mistake to learn from that mistake. We should to others to see what they have done both wring and right to learn from their life experiences as if it were our own experiences.
Almost done now... good job!
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