Scott Weiss Quotes

When you experience a failure as a leader, don't hide it - talk about it. Your missed opportunity will encourage others to take risks.

I often ask people what I did wrong in the last meeting, because then others feel they have permission to own their mistakes, too.

We need to teach the highly educated man that it is not a disgrace to fail and that he must analyze every failure to find its cause. He must learn how to fail intelligently, for failing is one of the greatest arts in the world.

As President I'll make mistakes because I'm going to do things ... and people who do things err.

Try not to say, 'I'm a failure.' Instead, ask, 'What can I do better? What did I do wrong?' Then re-approach.

When team members trust each other and know that everyone is capable of admitting when they're wrong, then conflict becomes nothing more than the pursuit of truth or the best possible answer.

I hate being wrong, and I hate when people give up.

We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.

Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully and imaginatively for its hidden assets.

Calling oneself a hero after making mistakes shouldn't earn public trust.

A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself.

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.

One of the best predictors of ultimate success in either sales or non-sales selling isn't natural talent or even industry expertise, but how you explain your failures and rejections.

Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures.

I have a rule on my team: when we talk to one another, we look each other right in the eye, because I think it's tough to lie to somebody. You give respect to somebody.

Transparency, honesty, kindness, good stewardship, even humor, work in businesses at all times.

If somebody thinks I have an integrity problem, then the honest thing to do is to tell me what they think it is and let me address it.

You shouldn't be afraid of failure - when something fails, you think, 'What did I learn from that experience? I can do better next time.' Then kill that project and move on to the next. Don't get disappointed.

I love criticism. Equitable Life went down because management wouldn't brook criticism, but if you are in business, you have to hear what's going wrong.

In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option. We need to change this attitude toward failure - and celebrate the idea that only by falling on our collective business faces do we learn enough to succeed down the road.

Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping.

We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.

Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.

The way you build trust with your team is around super-clear communication in that instant when they say, 'I will be sad if you don't do X.' You have to say, 'We're not going to do X, and here's why, and believe me, you'll be much sadder later if I let you go do it and you spend a bunch of time on it and nothing ever happens.'

We shall act with good intentions, but at times we will be wrong. When we are, let us admit it and try to right the situation.