Here's how you can share your lessons learned from failure with your team.

As leaders, sharing lessons from failure requires embracing vulnerability. This humanizes us and breaks the illusion of a flawless journey, showing that setbacks are part of growth. During my time in U.S. Army, the White House, and as a keynote speaker, I realized that vulnerability with purpose can transform failures into fuel for development. It's about admitting mistakes and using those experiences to guide and inspire your team. Encourage your team to "fail up" and "fall forward," fostering a culture where learning and innovation thrive. Trust and openness are the bedrock of a resilient and high-performing team.

Sharing lessons learned from failure with your team can be a powerful way to foster growth and resilience. Create a safe space where vulnerability is welcomed and blame is absent. Share your story openly, focusing on what went wrong and why. Be honest about your feelings and the impact of the failure. Highlight the lessons you've learned and how they can apply to future projects. Encourage team members to share their own experiences and insights. Emphasize that failure is a part of the growth process and an opportunity for everyone to learn and improve. At the end of the day, it's not about the failure itself, but how you rise from it.

SHARING is CARING! Acknowledging your failures and imperfections and then sharing with your team is very important for team’s GROWTH. Failure is just the part of the game- LESSON LEARNED is something that needs to be discussed with the team in order to avoid future mistakes and flaws. The is how a Team creates clear goals, set track millstones and monitors key metrics to get success.

To share lessons from failure with my team, I create a safe environment for open discussion without blame. I start by transparently sharing my own experiences and analyzing what went wrong, involving the team in understanding root causes. I make sure that key takeaways and prevention strategies are highlighted. I document these lessons and share them, ensuring accessibility. Meetings are held to discuss and encourage dialogue. Action plans are developed, responsibilities assigned, and deadlines set. I follow up to monitor progress, making adjustments as needed, turning failures into valuable learning opportunities.

You've got to deliver your story in the right manner so that it is received in the best way. If you wish for your team to learn from it, focus on the context and causation of the failure - and most importantly what you have learnt from it. Try not to dwell on the negatives and highlight how you will progress from the setback. The most important thing is to not let failures define your ability or the dynamic of the team!

When preparing your story, consider 2 of the key elements of a good story: * Characters * Motivations You should be able to present not only your side of the story, but of the others involved in the process. This will make your story more compelling and it will be easier for your audience to understand what happened, how it happened and why it happened.

Team Discussions and Dialogues are the key for progress. Keep the talk open and always welcome additional insights from the team. Exchange of ideas open up new grounds and thoughts. Environment should be like table talk and members should be comfortable to speak up about any issue that is relevant to the ongoing discussion to prevent future failures.

A conex?o que o diálogo pode trazer eleva cultura e participa??o dentro da organiza??o. Mostrar que existe tolerancia a erros e que a partir deles poderemos melhorar é fundamental pra o crescimento de todos.

Regular Meetings should be set up to ensure previous mistake will not be repeated. These meetings and collaborative session should be so focused and meaningful that give clear a understanding to accept previous flaws and strengthens the team’s ability to address the future checks.