Raise Your Game: Don’t Beat Up Dead Horses

Managing a Minecraft server might seem like a fun hobby, but those who have done it know it requires serious leadership skills. Whether you're running a small private server for friends or a massive multiplayer community, you’ll find yourself taking on the role of organiser, mediator, problem-solver, and strategist—all at once. In many ways, operating a Minecraft server is one of the best real-world leadership challenges you can undertake. Here’s why.

Evelyn Teh of Leaderonomics shares her take on this subject as we also touch on “surface alignment” and “minority effect”.

All of us fail and mess up at times. The key question is, do we learn from our failures? Do we pick ourselves up and keep persevering even in defeat? Do we embrace failure or fear failure? According to Wales, the best people to hire are people who failed but have picked themselves up and have learnt precious lessons in life and business. Are you learning great lessons from our failures or just brushing them off and not learning much?