Resist the urge to shield everything
You have to let your team scrape its knee.
Failure is a path to growth, and when you stop the team from scraping its knee, you cut that growth short.
We adapt. When we are on a team that we trust, we know that the pain we feel can evolve into value at some point. When you are working with a team long-term, this is important. Each failure turns into a lesson for you and your team.
Don’t shame, blame or guilt. Failure is information. It is a chance to regroup.
Doesn’t mean it isn’t painful.
Let that pain evolve into an experience, or you’ll feel more pain later.
From the desk of Adam Thomas 