
LEADER PRACTICE No. 17: What Happens AFTER You Mess Up? – Stillwater Leadership
I was facilitating a class recently and … I messed up. It was a minor mistake, yet someone in the class called me out on it and admonished me. After being momentarily taken aback, I owned the error and kept going. Overall, I handled the situation reasonably well.Far more interesting, though, was my experience after the event. In the ensuing days, my thoughts went rogue. I relived the situation, engaged in a bit of self-flagellation, blamed the person who challenged me, and petulantly declared to...