Ep 088: A Culture of Failure

Welcome to Episode 88 of the Joshua Gagnon Leadership Podcast!If you enjoy listening to this podcast and it has helped you and your team in any way, please leave us a review on Apple Podcast or Stitcher or take the time to share it on social media.Do you have a question for Pastor Josh about leadership, ministry, or any other topic we’ve covered on the podcast so far? Submit your questions to info@joshuagagnon.com or @joshgagnon on Twitter and Pastor Josh might answer it on a future episode!On today’s episode we will be talking about developing a culture of failure in our teams.Takeaways from this episode…Recognize that failure is a possibility in taking ANY risk. Perfectionism builds a culture of fear in your team.Don’t be afraid of things that are difficult and to assign difficult tasks.Celebrate your wins and learn from your failures. Give yourself and your teams permission to make mistakes.Reward people for taking risks and the growth that happens through failure.Incompetent failure: passive, not trying hard enough, inactive Honorable failure: having the right heartbeat, taking risks Not all failure is good failure. “What’s rewarded is going to be repeated.” -Roman Archer “So many great things are created in a mistaken attempt to create something totally different.” -Daniel King“Failure is not final, and failure is not fatal.” -Josh Gagnon