Mistakes, while painful, are also instructive. Good leaders are cautious, but not too cautious. If they show an excessive fear of mistakes, initiative will be stifled. It's great to strive for failure-proof performance, but not at the expense of progress. The wiser course of action is to simply inform everyone affected and correct the error promptly.
Occasional failure is the price of success.
Students and alumni of two large Greek campuses were tired of watching the number of men and women choosing to join Greek organizations decline, so they decided to get at the root of the matter. Greek members at both the University of Cincinnati and the University of Maryland - College Park have undertaken ambitious research projects to see why prospective members aren't joining. The results have been interesting, and the information will be valuable in designing new strategies for recruitment in the 90s. The survey included both students who affiliated and those who chose not to join. Their initial attraction to the Greek system was friendship.