While I was playing with the TV remote control (channel switching) this evening, I stopped at a channel showing the last segment of the movie "Crimson Tide" (where Gene Hackman & Denzel Washington were talking after the court trial). Washington expressed his appreciation to Hackman's support to his promotion and Gene replied "I was wrong".
The dialogue is very simple but it is indeed very difficult to say "I was wrong". Especially, when a person is in a senior position. (In the movie, Hackman is the caption of a submarine and Washington is the officer).
Being a true leader, one of the necessary characteristics is to admit mistakes. No matter how senior and how experience a person is, no one will not make mistake. The key to admitting mistakes is not about accountability (albeit it is) or blame, but to learn from mistakes for improvement.
Unfortunately, you can rarely see leaders who are willing to admit mistakes.
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