Don’t worry about being right.

Build Trust, Innovation and Engagement with your Team

Trek’s Rule #4:
Don’t worry about being right.

Trek’s lesson for this rule says:
“When you meet anger with anger, everyone loses. But when you meet anger with kindness, you’ll solve problems — and maybe even earn a friend.”

In leadership, I’d reframe it this way:
When you meet conflict with control, you shut people down.
But when you meet conflict with courage and curiosity, you build trust.

Here’s what I see in my Executive Coaching work:
Leaders who want to be “right” all the time often miss the bigger opportunity — to listen, to learn, and to grow with their teams.

When you lead by telling — instead of engaging — here’s what gets lost:
 Trust
 Creativity
 Engagement
 And sometimes, your best people

The high-performing leaders who thrive long term?
They have the courage to not always have the answer.
They ask. They listen.
They create space for ideas that aren’t theirs — and still feel accountable for the outcome.

Don’t worry about being right.
Worry about being real.
That’s where leadership actually begins.

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