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Anyone familiar with Heisenberg’s Principle knows that life is a crap shoot. Why should leadership be any different?

The modern workplace is uncertain, fast paced workplaces are doubly so. “If it’s not one thing, it’s another.”

As a leader, you have to be prepared to be caught off guard. You can mitigate the pain with preparation and hope your credibility will save you. It still hurts when you make a mistake, or something goes wrong, or not according to plan, doubly so when someone points it out.

Vulnerability and “commitment” have a cause and effect relationship. If you lack one, you likely will lack the other. Strengthening one will make you stronger in the other.

Become tough, develop a thick skin, so you can feel safe when vulnerable. Be compassionate with co-workers, but let them know that hiding their vulnerability is not the best way to overcome it. Not committing themselves is not an option.

If you are prepared to be vulnerable, and commit yourself, you will set the bar higher for the rest of the organization.