For leaders to manage failure within their teams, it’s important that they reflect on their own careers to remember the times when they have failed to help foster resilience and create a work environment where it is ok to fail. Maree Bridger, Chief Operating Officer at the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communication, and the Arts, provides some important lessons for leaders in acknowledging their own mistakes early, being accountable for the mistakes of their team, and not shooting off blame to an individual as these actions lead to create teams that are loyal and resilience and helps to build an environment full of trust and respect.

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