<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Michael Dillon Coaching and Consulting]]></title><description><![CDATA[Michael Dillon Coaching and Consulting]]></description><link>https://www.dilloncoachingconsulting.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 13:34:53 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.dilloncoachingconsulting.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Coaching the Zone of Acceptable Failure]]></title><description><![CDATA[Coaching the Zone of Acceptable Failure During a recent leadership training with a local company, while discussing delegation and employee development, I introduced the concept of the Zone of Acceptable Failure. Strauss (2025) explained, “the zone of acceptable failure, or ZOAF, is the overlapping region between the safety threshold and the boundary of knowledge, where a person can push past their boundary of knowledge without incurring intolerable risk…a rich environment to facilitate...]]></description><link>https://www.dilloncoachingconsulting.com/post/coaching-the-zone-of-acceptable-failure</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6acf837e5510cf48b690b774</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 13:35:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5ed76e_571d8ef5ee344b36b28ec63b331275da~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_804,h_627,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Michael Dillon, Ed.D., ACC</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>