Kuala Lampur, Oct. 14 -- Human beings are not free from making mistakes. Mistakes arise not to punish but to teach. We should learn from them. The problem is that many tend to deny making their mistakes. Admitting to making mistakes and learning from them is a sign of good leadership. Sadly, this is missing in most people.

There is a moment every leader knows intimately: the moment when the evidence is in, the outcome is bad, and the question hangs in the air - do I own this, or do I dodge it? That moment is the true test of leadership, far more than any boardroom presentation or strategic vision. And it is a test most of us fail, not because we are dishonest, but because we have been conditioned to believe that mistakes are evidence of ...