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Speaker 1: This is the seven Minute Leadership Podcast with your host
Speaker 1: Paul Fellooledo.
Speaker 2: Hello everyone, and welcome to the seven Minute Leadership Podcast.
Speaker 2: It's episode four thirty and let's talk about something. Every leader,
Speaker 2: no matter how experienced, eventually faces a moment where you
Speaker 2: realize you got it wrong. You made the wrong call,
Speaker 2: handled it the wrong way, said the wrong thing. Whatever
Speaker 2: it was, it wasn't your best leadership move. But here's
Speaker 2: the good news. There is a way to hit undo
Speaker 2: and still walk away with your credibility intact, maybe even stronger.
Speaker 2: Leadership isn't about being perfect, it's about being responsible, and
Speaker 2: sometimes the most powerful thing you can do as a
Speaker 2: leader is to own your mistake, correct it, and keep
Speaker 2: moving forward with honesty, humility, and clarity. So let's walk
Speaker 2: through how to do exactly that. Step one, Spot the
Speaker 2: mistake quickly and don't hide from it. Every second you
Speaker 2: spend trying to protect your ego as a second, your
Speaker 2: team loses respect for you. The faster you can recognize
Speaker 2: and admit the mistake. The better leaders who delay action,
Speaker 2: double down, or hope. No one notices. They don't just
Speaker 2: lose trust, they lose momentum. And here's the rule. If
Speaker 2: you know what was wrong, fix it fast. Don't wait
Speaker 2: for someone else to bring it up. Beat them to it.
Speaker 2: Step two, be honest with yourself and with your team.
Speaker 2: There's no leadership win in pretending. If you made a
Speaker 2: bad call, say it own the out come. Say I
Speaker 2: made the wrong decision on that simple direct clear. You
Speaker 2: don't need a ted talk, you don't need an excuse.
Speaker 2: You just need honesty. Your team doesn't expect you to
Speaker 2: be flawless, they expect you to be real. Step three,
Speaker 2: use humility, not drama. This isn't the time for over
Speaker 2: apologizing or turning the situation into a pity party. You're
Speaker 2: not trying to earn sympathy. You're showing accountability. Say what
Speaker 2: went wrong, why it matters, and how you're going to
Speaker 2: correct it. A calm, humble tone does more than a
Speaker 2: dozen mia kulpas you're a leader, not a martyr. Here's
Speaker 2: a good phrase to remember. Here's what I intended, Here's
Speaker 2: where I missed the mark. Here's how I plan to
Speaker 2: fix it. That's humility paired with action and that's leadership.
Speaker 2: Step four commune undicate the fix with total clarity. Now
Speaker 2: comes the undue part, the actual reversal of the decision
Speaker 2: or behavior. This is where a lot of leaders fumble. Again.
Speaker 2: You can't be vague here. If you're rolling something back,
Speaker 2: tell your team exactly what's changing and why. Be clear,
Speaker 2: be confident, and let them know. This isn't flip flopping.
Speaker 2: This is course correcting. There's a difference between being indecisive
Speaker 2: and being wise enough to adjust. Step five. Extract a
Speaker 2: lesson publicly. This is a major trust builder. Don't just
Speaker 2: fix it, teach from it. Say what you learned and
Speaker 2: how you'll handle similar decisions differently next time. This turns
Speaker 2: your mistake into a leadership moment, not just for you,
Speaker 2: but for your entire team. They're watching how you handle
Speaker 2: your own stumbles and how you recover. Might just give
Speaker 2: them permission to handle their own right way. You're not
Speaker 2: just undoing a bad move. You're modeling resilience and responsibility.
Speaker 2: Step six, Move on and don't let it define you.
Speaker 2: After you've addressed it, fixed it, and learn from it,
Speaker 2: move forward. Don't keep apologizing, don't keep circling back. That's
Speaker 2: not leadership that's insecurity. Let your actions going forward speak
Speaker 2: louder than the mistake behind you. You've shown you're human,
Speaker 2: you've shown you're honest. You've shown you're willing to fix
Speaker 2: what's broken. That's more valuable to your team than pretending
Speaker 2: you never screwed up. So the best leaders don't pretend
Speaker 2: to be perfect. They just fix things faster and more
Speaker 2: cleanly than everyone else. So the next time you make
Speaker 2: a leadership move that falls flat, don't panic. Just hit
Speaker 2: the mental undoe button. Own it, fix it, communicate clearly,
Speaker 2: learn the lesson, and move on. You don't need perfection
Speaker 2: to be a respected leader. You need accountability, humility, and
Speaker 2: a willingness to do the right thing, even when it
Speaker 2: means admitting you got it wrong. This has been the
Speaker 2: seven minute Leadership Podcast, and I thank you for listening.
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