Fixing Your Mistakes at the Workplace
Everyone makes mistakes, whether it is at the workplace, house or school. While some mistakes can just be corrected or even forgotten, making mistakes at your workplace can be a serious problem, affect the whole performance of your co-workers or partners, and even shake the company’s bottom line. Simply correcting your mistakes may be not enough if your mistake is quite grave or significant.
Hiding until someone uncovers your mistakes is surely not an option, so do not try to hide your mistakes. Instead, try to fix them up by following these tips.
1. Admitting your mistakes is the first and foremost thing to do. The sooner you tell your boss about your mistakes, the better. The only exception is if you make an insignificant error that will not affect anyone.
2. Before you go to do step one, you better have also equipped yourself with some plans to fix your mistakes. Present your plan clearly. Tell your how long it will take to implement your plan and if there are any costs involved.
3. Do not start the blame game. Once a mistake was occurred, blaming someone is not much useful and will not help anyone. In fact, you should encourage those who may share responsibility to follow your lead in confessing to your boss.
4. Apologizing is a must, but do not beat yourself up. There is a big difference between admitting a mistake and beating yourself up about it. Take the responsibility, but do not berate about it to your boss, especially in public.
5. Finally, correct your mistake at your own time. Since you have to face the consequences, naturally you should use your extra hours and do not expect to be paid for that. You can also use your lunch hour, or come to the office earlier instead.
