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It's OK to Make Mistakes
Many employees are terrified of making mistakes. Either their managers make them feel afraid of making a mistake, or workers put pressure on themselves not to make mistakes for fear that they could get fired or be looked over for raises and promotions.
It's true that some mistakes at work can be detrimental to your career, but sometimes even the biggest regrets don't have to spell doom for your career. Take it from some of the hottest rising stars in business. This article shows that even the most successful professionals can recover from making mistakes at work.
Often times, the smartest person in the room is one who has made mistakes. It may not seem that way at the time, but "screw ups" are the best ways to learn lessons, and trust me, those are lessons that you will never forget.
There will be times that workplace mess ups will result in loss of trust from colleagues or managers. However, if you establish your reputation as someone who is typically making the right decisions and solid in their work ethic, your mistake recovery time will probably be shorter than those who are error prone.
Blunders that are grounds for dismissal could include losing your temper and using profane language, making errors that result in the loss of a client or major account, saying something inappropriate to co-workers or lying to your boss, just to name a few.
The bottom line is that if you take your job seriously and are conscientious about your work product, you can make a mistake and have time to make up for it and save your reputation. If you do make an error, own up to it and take responsibility for correcting it.
Posted by Don Boone on November 30, 2009 at 12:06 PM
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