You’re going to make mistakes at work, it’s just a fact of life. It
wouldn’t matter if your boss were a Good Boss or a Bad Boss, you’re still going
to goof from time to time.
The difference, however, is that a Good Boss will help you figure out
where you went wrong, and give you guidelines for doing better next time.
A Bad Boss will simply grind your nose in the mistake, kick you when
you’re down (emotionally speaking) and let it be known to all and sundry what a
loser you are.
It’s up to you to sort out what went wrong and how to fix it--which
you’re totally capable of.
Here are some suggestions Kevin Eikenberry, Chief Potential Officer of
The Kevin Eikenberry Group, gave
in a recent “Remarkable Learning Leadership Tip:”
“Consider your
choices and assumptions. Since we don’t typically go into a situation trying to make a mistake,
it is helpful to consider the situation in retrospect, thinking about the
assumptions we made that contributed to the mistake, and the choices we made
based on our assumptions and the situations as we saw them at that time.
“Decide what to do differently
next time. This is the
answer to the critical learning question, “Based on what I know now, what will
I do differently next time?” Answering this question with a clear understanding
of both the why and your choices, will give you a more complete, confident and
meaningful answer to this question.”
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