Leaders are everyday people and, as such, make some boneheaded moves. Bad decisions, actions that lack integrity, unforced errors with team-wide consequences. They inadvertently share confidential information. They make promises that can’t be kept. The list of brainless missteps are shared by all leaders on occasion.
Wow. What timing. I'm currently recovering from a misstep / blunder. This Field Note spoke so much hope to me. Thank you!
It's typically never as bad as you imagine.
Besides, the reaction and response to the blunder is judged harsher than the blunder itself.
You're on the right track, David.
"[T]he reaction and response to the blunder is judged harsher than the blunder itself." Good words! Thank you.