New Here

How Do I Recover from a Big Mistake at Work?


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So, you messed up at work. How do you move forward?

This week we’re talking about how to handle your first big mistake in a new job. We’ll learn how to own what happened, regain trust, and move forward.

For radio journalist Priska Neely, making a mistake in a news report or broadcast can be a very public experience. She leads a team of reporters at NPR’s Gulf States Newsroom, and it’s her job to guide her team through all of their mistakes – big and small.

Priska helps host Elainy Mata understand why mistakes happen at work – and offers her perspective as a manager on what your boss might be thinking when it happens. Plus, she takes listener questions about workplace blunders.

Have a career question? Let us know at [email protected].

Key topics include: managing up, communication, difficult conversations, credibility, careers.

More Reading:

  • So, You Dropped the Ball. How Do You Get Your Credibility Back? (Jeff Tan)
  • You Made a Big Mistake at Work. What Should You Do? (Dina Denham Smith)
  • The Best Lesson a Manager Ever Taught Me (Sonika Bakshi)
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