May 2014 Newsletter - The Crucibles of Leadership

"Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him." ~ Aldous Huxley

The ability to extract wisdom from challenging experiences distinguishes successful leaders from their broken or burned-out peers.

Difficult and, in some cases, career- or life-threatening events are called leadership crucibles. They are trials and tests — points of deep self-reflection that force you to question who you are and what really matters. Characterized by a confluence of threatening intellectual, social, economic and/or political forces, crucibles test your patience, belief systems and core values.

When you're open to learning from mistakes, problems and failures, you become a stronger leader. You gain followers' trust, and they're eager to produce their best work.\

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