Chapter 11: Accept and Encourage Mistakes

When I asked my friend Linda Sawyer, North American CEO of Deutsch Inc., how she inspires her team to change, she said, “The most effective way to spread and fuel inspiration with your team is by making everyone feel that part of their job description is being a change agent.” I love that. Then, Linda added that what helps her team members drive that change is her allowing them to “be fearless and not afraid of failure. If you don’t take risks, experiment, or empower people to put themselves on the line, you will never innovate, advance, or evolve.” I love that even more