Control Your Mistakes
April Stallworth
Chief of Staff | Speaker | Trainer | LinkedIn Learning Instructor | Administrative Professional Advocate | Propel Women Cohort Coach | Jersey Girl | DST Legacy??ΔΣΘ | Imani's Mom |
Mistakes happen.?It's not something that any of us can avoid.?We are not perfect people.?The best we can do is have a plan?for how we can control mistakes?from being too prevalent in our daily work.?Good leadership also understands this?and should be accustomed to this happening.?When it becomes an issue is if the same mistakes happen?or mistakes happen too frequently.?That's why it's important to have the plan to control them?and be able to communicate that succinctly.?
It's probably a good idea?to talk about the importance of accuracy in your work.?Especially if you spend a lot of time on numbers or travel arrangements,?you definitely want to stress?how you ensure you keep your inaccuracies to a minimum.?It is disastrous when you make errors on financial documents?or when someone is on a business trip, ouch.?
You don't want ever to be the cause of those scenarios,?if at all possible.?When those things happen, the key will be owning up to it,?accepting feedback, and providing a remedy.?Show the ways that you will work to control the mistakes.?
Don't be afraid to share?when you have made an error in the past?and how you worked to rectify it?and to ensure that it didn't keep occurring in the future.?What did that look like??As you share these instances,?show your confidence and your willingness?to grow from every challenge you face.?
You can do this.?Ace this question, which will strongly determine whether they seriously consider you for the position.?I'm rooting for you!
Happy Administrative Professionals Week
Administrative Professionals Week is celebrated annually every last full week in April and this year it will be observed from April 23 to 29. This week is dedicated to recognizing and applauding the brilliant work of administrative personnel: receptionists, secretaries, administrative assistants, executive assistants, personal assistants, and customer support, among other administrative support professionals
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Senior Executive Assistant | Executive Assistant | Office Manager | Bilingual English-Portuguese
1 年Great article! If you make a mistake, which is acceptable, we’re only humans, own it, take feedback, find a way to prevent it and learn from it!
Community Engagement Manager @ Kinetic IT | MBA - Social Impact | MA - Strategic Communications
1 年One mistake I've learned from is being afraid to assert myself. I work in proposal management, and it's all too easy for a tender response to be non-compliant, after countless hours of work, because one little piece of information is missing. As the proposal manager, it's quite likely that someone else will have that information and you might need to remind them a few times in order to get it in a timely manner so it doesn't put your whole bid at risk. I've learned to worry less about "what will they think of me, do I look like a nag", because the final responsibility is mine. So now, I know that since I'm polite and friendly, no-one will be mad about my doing my job!
Professional Executive Assistant
1 年A winner is just a loser that tried one more time.