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“The very best leaders will make mistakes along the leadership journey. The most important thing for a leader to redeem him or herself is to own up to the mistake as quickly as possible. A leader with character and integrity will never try to cover it up or blame someone else. True leadership is owning up to the mistake, being proactive, not defensive, and taking action to fix it. Leaders that lead from the front will implement a recovery strategy and put the mistake in the ‘Lessons learned’ filing cabinet. You can redeem yourself by forgiving yourself. You can’t let a bad mistake impair your ability to make a great decision in the future. It takes practice!” — COL (Ret) Mikel Burroughs#leaders #leader #leadership #future #strategy #leadbyexample #leadershipdevelopment #redeem #mistakes #mistakesarelessons #character #integrity #proactive #takingaction #recovery #lessonslearned #Forgivingyourself #practice