failing forward

Something strange happens when you try to step up in your career or lead a team through change. You plan, prep, rehearse, read the books, make the lists. But the second pressure hits, you default to old habits, retreat into comfort zones, or get caught in overthinking. You’re not lazy

Failing forward sounds like a motivational slogan, but for Steve Maxted, it’s just how life played out. One day, he was working in corporate agriculture. The next, he was packing up his office after a merger and trying to figure out what came next. The fluorescent lights in that building