Rumbling With Vulnerability

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Written by Kevin and Jackie Freiberg, this article originally appeared in Forbes.com March 25, 2019.

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Recovering From A Scandal

What would happen to our businesses, our politics and our society if we had more leaders who were brave enough to be vulnerable? Brave enough to say, “I screwed up, I need help. The policy was wrong. What I did hurt you. I’m sorry.”

If we didn’t put courage on pause and avoid the tough conversations after behaving disgracefully could we build more trust, get more done and establish more civility in our national narrative?