You often hear me ask guests about their failures. That's because I've been noticing both in my own journey and in working with clients,

we seem to learn most intently from our failures more than almost anything else.

On this episode, the permission and perhaps even a bit of encouragement

to embrace your missteps.

This is Coaching for Leaders, episode 338.

Produced by Innovate Learning, Maximizing Human Potential.

Greetings to you from Orange County, California. This is coaching for leaders and I'm your

host Dave Stahoviac. Leaders aren't born, they're made, and this weekly show gives you access to the practical wisdom

that will empower you to become a better leader.

Most of us have heard that if we're going to lead well, we need to be willing to make mistakes,

we need to be willing to screw up, and we need to encourage that kind of culture in our organizations.

And yet, it is not the default setting of most leaders. It's certainly not the default

culture in most organizations. In fact, if anything, many of us have been taught. Don't make

mistakes. If you do make a mistake

to whatever you can to fix it really quickly before anyone finds out today's guest is really going to

challenge us on that because she's not only been a leader in her own

organization and in her own leadership but she has really been a leader in helping reframe

screwing up, making failure a priority in order to learn from it.

I am really glad to welcome Kristen Hadid to the show today.

She is the founder and CEO of Student Made, a successful

cleaning company that hires college students. Student Made is known for its

culture of trust, accountability, and empowerment. Many of the students who have worked with student-made have gone on to run their own businesses and receive highly sought after positions and companies around the world.

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