Corporate contemplation #7: even leaders mess up...assume good intent

One of the more sobering realizations of leadership is that leaders are human.

Before I became a leader myself, I guess I thought my leaders somehow just “knew” what to do without agonizing over their decisions.

They don’t. They have to figure it out like the rest of us. Presumably they have all the attributes that we associate with good leaders, but they make mistakes, too.

Cut them some slack. They are trying to do what is best for the company and for their teams. When they get it wrong, assume it was not purposeful.

Agree or no?

Here's the entire list of lessons that ring true for me:

https://www.eight2eightpursuits.com/post/lessons-to-share-from-a-career-of-corporate-contemplations