The Other F Word: How Smart Leaders, Teams, and Entrepreneurs Put Failure to Work by John Danner
Leverage the power of failure in your organization Nobody wants to fail, but failure is a fact of life. Most of us treat it as a regrettable, even shameful, event best overlooked. In truth, failure can be a game-changing strategic resource that can help you and your organization achieve the greater success you crave. The Other F Word shows how successful leaders and teams are putting failure to work every day - to re-engage employees, spark innovation and accelerate growth. Authors Danner and Coopersmith - with their rare blend of senior-level executive experience, global advising, teaching acumen and cross-discipline perspective - share these valuable new practices, and show how they can improve results across your organization. Based on exclusive interviews with prominent leaders and insightful examples from their own in-depth work, the book features a practical seven-stage framework to liberate failure as a force to advance your leadership agenda. After all, everyone creates and confronts failure on a daily basis. Why not use it to your advantage? The Other F Word shows you how to: * Start an open, productive conversation about failure across your organization * Reduce the fear of failure that stifles initiative, creativity and engagement * Anticipate, prepare for and respond to failure, so you can leverage it when it happens * Harness failure as a catalyst to drive innovation, improve performance and strengthen culture Failure's like gravity pervasive and powerful. Whether you're a leader or team member of a startup, a growing business, or an established enterprise, failure is today's lesson for tomorrow. Let The Other F Word show you how to apply this lesson and take your company where it needs to go.