C&L: Learning To Fail Is A Good Thing

Learning To Fail Is A Good Thing

A long time ago a good boss told me that every effort, whether successful or not, could be learned from. It's that adage about life--that we learn from every event and interaction. But learning the lesson is just one part of the equation. As a career expert relates, we have to take all those lessons learned and weave them into our everyday work effort--especially those hard luck lessons from failed projects and disappointing results. It can be daunting though to keep your enthusiasm up and to stay energized if you run into a row of failures. As John Baldoni writes in his column at CIO, coping with failure is a key leadership skill. He outlines some best practices to do just that, one of which most CIOs know well enough: how to pick the right battle and which ones to walk away from.

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