Is it Better to Beg Forgiveness, or Ask Permission?

Published: Tue, 02/10/15

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Today on the blog, I'm covering that eternal question: Is it Better to Beg Forgiveness, or Ask Permission?

You’ve probably heard Grace Hopper's famous axiom, "It's better to beg forgiveness than ask permission." As a child, my father used to tell me that all the time! As a pioneering computer scientist and one of the first female admirals in the U.S. Navy, "Amazing Grace" surely learned the value of begging forgiveness rather than asking permission during her long, storied career. Indeed, Hopper's Law seems to make a lot of sense in many real-world situations. But is it applicable to the workplace?



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Finding it hard to bring hard-to-find talent aboard? If so, you'll enjoy my latest article on Huffington Post where I talk about Biting the Bullet.