What do you do when a teammate lies, cheats or steals from you? And after you’ve confronted the issue, how do you bring yourself to forgive them?
You always remember that:
They are human, too.
Because you also slip up. You make mistakes and errors. You sometimes say the wrong thing just to save your neck. You’re human.
When you extend that forgiveness to others, you really end up forgiving yourself. You recognize your shared humanity, and in that moment, you become a true leader. And a magnanimous one at that.
It will be difficult. Especially when the act committed is on a large scale. But punishing the person with the stick, isn’t always the answer to the crime. Sometimes, your forgiveness allows the person to stop their ways and gives them permission. Permission to change. Permission to grow. Permission to become their best self.
Remember those days when you wished someone would have forgiven you when you made an error?
Now it’s your turn. Forgive them for what they did.
After all, they’re human too.
A New Source Code 