Failure-tolerant leaders send clear messages to their organizations that constructive mistakes are not only acceptable but worthwhile.
Better risk management is certainly part of the answer, but the larger part of the answer lies in the constant search for better solutions and continuous improvement that begins with a constructive attitude toward mistakes, which leads to early recognitions, and in turn, to learning, growth and improvement.
It's about listening, questioning your assumptions, owning up to your privileges, educating yourself, allowing yourself to be educated, calling out other people in a constructive way, etc. Mistakes are inevitable, so perhaps the most important part of being an ally is owning up to them and learning from them.
If it is necessary to point out someone else's mistakes, make sure to do it in a constructive, positive way.
Of course, if you are being constructively critical — pointing out a client's mistake or area for improvement — you've also got to offer a constructive suggestion or two.
Second, if you take responsibility for your mistakes, you are too busy working through what happened in a constructive way, and how to remedy it to feel embarrassed.
Pipe dreams aside, though, there can be no mistaking the fact that the U.S. has effectively ceased to be a constructive party to the nuclear deal.
The leading case is Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale v Islington LBC, where Lord Browne-Wilkinson declared that a constructive trust would be created when the recipient of the funds became aware of the mistaken transfer.
It's a constructive fight.
Zaghlūl was not a constructive statesman.
"It was a constructive, very businesslike conversation".
