How do I respond to failure—mine and others’?

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill

Context and Insight

Your reaction to failure shapes team culture and psychological safety. Servant leaders respond with grace and growth.

Why This Matters for Servant Leadership

When failure is met with understanding, teams take risks and innovate without fear.

Personal Application

• Identify one recent failure and write what you learned from it.
• Share a personal failure story with your team to model vulnerability.
• Encourage a team member who made a mistake by highlighting what they did well.

Invitation

Choose to treat the next failure as a learning moment, not a judgment.

Related Topics

• Growth
• Accountability
• Building Trust

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