How To Admit and Learn From Your Mistakes as a Leader
Audio • 18 minutes
Learning Objectives
- Discover the importance of humility and vulnerability in leadership.
- Apply a practical framework for acknowledging, learning from, and responding to mistakes.
- Explore how role-modelling failure can strengthen psychological safety and team trust.
Lesson Description
Mistakes are inevitable but how you respond defines your leadership. In this podcast-style lesson, Executive Coach Ruth Farenga shares a powerful five-step framework to help leaders acknowledge errors, explore root causes, and take action without losing team trust. You’ll learn how vulnerability can enhance credibility, and how role-modelling humility can build a stronger, safer team culture. Through real stories and examples, this lesson invites leaders to embrace mistakes as opportunities for personal and organisational growth.
