Last week I had coffee ☕ with one of my former players 🥎, now a freshman at a local university. A first generation college student, this young woman is doing phenomenally well and I'm indescribably proud of her (can you feel my smile?).🥹 While our conversation was meandering at times (but always fun), she wanted to make sure to emphasize to me how, in the face of various first-year mistakes, she learned, she grew and she continued to get up one more time than she fell down. She expressed gratitude 🙌 for my and other coaches' allowing her to be imperfect, encouraging her to improve and facilitating meaningful transformation.

As leaders, we absolutely MUST appreciate the importance of failure and, yes, the real benefits that can come from someone's not getting it right the first time. In this leadership week's video, I discuss 3️⃣ o ...