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31: How Senior Leaders Bounce Back From Failure
Are you afraid of taking risks because you don’t know how to bounce back from failure?
You’re likely nervous that if you fail, you’ll be “marked” forever or side-tracked for a promotion because of it.
This is a common fear that women can hold, and for good reason. Women are criticized for not taking enough risks and being held back from further success because of it. A lot of this has to do with the way that we are raised, because there can be little latitude for anything besides perfection.
This follows us into our careers, creating more caution than we need. But it's not true. Women can…
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