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title: "The One Thing Great Leaders NEVER Do"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/736c3269-94ad-4cc0-9f73-b8d174faf93e
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/the-one-thing-great-leaders-never-do-2715502
category: "General"
published: 2021-04-16T15:10:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T01:35:12.438Z
image: https://1851franchise.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnewimage.1851franchise.com%2Fauthor%2F97b9308f6a1f6a8524a91450dca473fa4238.jpg&w=3840&q=75
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# The One Thing Great Leaders NEVER Do

**TL;DR:** Great leaders take responsibility for mistakes and failures, and turn them into lessons learned. They accept both praise and failure, and take accountability for the good and the bad.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2021-04-16. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/the-one-thing-great-leaders-never-do-2715502).*

## Story

Let's talk about leadership and accountability. When things inevitably go off course, some managers fall into the trap of playing the blame game, pointing to others (team members, colleagues, supervisors, company leadership, etc.) as the problem.

The best leaders take responsibility for everything . They accept both praise and failure. They take accountability for the good and the bad.

A great leader turns mistakes into lessons learned, and they trace failures back to their own leadership.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- General (sector)
- leadership (topic)
- accountability (topic)
- mistakes (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/the-one-thing-great-leaders-never-do-2715502). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/736c3269-94ad-4cc0-9f73-b8d174faf93e).