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Charlene Li on The Art of Admitting Failure

April 29, 2011
Charlene Li

[adrotate block=”1″]On June 16, 2011, Charlene Li, influential thought leader and guide on emerging technologies will be presenting on Open Leadership: Transform the Way You Lead as part of Linkage’s Thought Leader Series. On March, 28, 2011, her article on “The Art of Admitting Failure” was posted in HBR’s special issue on failure:

“When it comes to business, we are incredibly unaccepting and fearful of making mistakes. And forget about admitting to our mistakes, as that may be construed as a sign of weakness.

But business and leadership is all about relationships. And in any relationship, things go wrong, mistakes are made, ups are followed by downs. The strength of a relationship is not how perfect it is, but how resiliently it deals with the inevitable failures…”

To read the full article, click here.

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