Leadership in Action - Tough Going - Learning from Experience the Hard Way

Tough Going: Learning from Experience the Hard Way

by Russ S. Moxley and Mary Lynn Pulley

No one would ever choose to experience a hardship, but leaders say that difficult times are often key events in their development. Hardships can make people more aware of their values, their aspirations, and themselves. Here's a look at six types of hardship events and the lessons executives can take from these events to make themselves better leaders.

A high-powered executive we know says that he learned the most valuable lessons about how he functions as a leader not from his serial successes but rather from the hardships he encountered along the way. ...