Leadership Demands Unease, But Our System Discourages It

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1:16And I think often leaders aren't comfortable talking about their discomfort or aren't comfortable saying, I may not be familiar with this, but I want to be helpful. Or I'm not sure I have the answer, but I do want to say I think it's hard for leaders today because the stakes are so high. And the risk associated with a misstep are high. And so when you say get uncomfortable, I mean, when I talk about being uncomfortable, part of that comes from the ability to be comfortable in your own skin and to engage in a lot of different places and to be comfortable and sometimes saying, you know, I'm not 100 % comfortable.

2:13And I just think we don't condition our leaders to be human beings. We don't extend to them grace. We are not tolerant when they make a mistake. We need leaders today to be courageous more than ever. And at the same time, we disincent courage on the part of our leaders.

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