We know that we can’t be right all the time, yet in the workplace we can often find this emotionally difficult to deal with, especially as a leader with onlooking team members.
Once we understand that ideas are based on perspective, we can start to acknowledge that all ideas are unreliable. Ultimately ideas remain unreliable until tested in the real world. A leader’s role is to gain agreement from the surrounding team for strategy, direction and subsequent instruction. The aim is not to be right all the time, but rather to demonstrate an openness to admitting that quite often you can be wrong. Developing a character that is more approachable will build a team that will more readily accept your ideas and follow your instruction.
But first, you need to admit to yourself that you can quite often be wrong!