Leaders Should Learn to Forgive

People quite often “stretch the truth” or lie, even experienced and wise people like Brian Williams. While it fascinates me why the public so passionately takes shots at Williams, who really has not hurt any of us, I will put aside my opinion about that for another day. However, since I have encountered lying behavior many times in my career, I have wondered how injured parties can be better “forgivers.” Last week I read a terrific article in the New York Times by David Brooks called The Act of Rigorous Forgiving. In this article, Brooks articulates very well four steps [...]