Permission to Fail

How to leverage failure to accelerate leadership growth.

It was midway through the annual talent review when his name came up. For 12 years, he'd been on a roll. Unit performance had climbed on his watch, and engagement scores were consistently high. Product lines that underperformed in other regions flourished in his. His recent presentation at the management roundtable about the parallels between pig farming and portfolio management brought the house down.

Yes, he was on an impressive hot