IM34: How to Lead Through Fear & Normalize Failure with Minette Norman

Embracing Only: Workplace Culture & Career Development for BIPOC Leaders

Episode Highlight: On this episode of the Embracing "Only" podcast, we are featuring one of the most impactful moments from episode 72 with Minette Norman. If you’ve ever faced fear before a big leap or struggled with failure on your team, Minette offers a powerful reframe. What if failure is the doorway to innovation?

Minette is an award-winning author, speaker, leadership consultant, and former Silicon Valley software executive who spent decades leading global teams. She  is committed to helping leaders unleash the full potential of the people in their organizations.

This episode is just a short snippet that highlights the best and most powerful learning moment from a past episode. You can listen to the full episode (filled with more wisdom) here: Episode 72: Unleashing the Full Potential of the People You Lead.

Key Discussion Points:

00:59 Overcoming Fear Through Experience: Confidence is earned by surviving past “hard things” and understanding what your unique superpowers are.

04:26 Reframing Failure as Innovation: Fear of failure is still deeply ingrained in many workplaces. However, there is no innovation without failure.

06:27 Creating Safe Spaces for Experimentation: Having small failures that you and your team talk about openly and learn from will help create psychological safety and avoid catastrophic failures.

07:59 The Role of Curiosity in Team Recovery: Instead of assigning blame after a failure, come together as a team to find the lessons and recover.

In Summary: Minette Norman encourages small, recoverable failures and transparent leadership, turning mistakes into learning opportunities for growth and innovation.

Resources from this episode:

The Boldly Inclusive Leader by Minette Norman

The Psychological Safety Playbook by Karolin Helbig and Minette Norman

Follow Minette on LinkedIn or visit her website.

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