How Do I Recover from a Big Mistake at Work? | S1E4 | New Here

15 Nov 2023

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How Do I Recover from a Big Mistake at Work? 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 NewHere@HBR.org. 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): https://hbr.org/2022/03/so-you-dropped-the-ball-how-do-you-get-your-credibility-back • You Made a Big Mistake at Work. What Should You Do? (Dina Denham Smith): https://hbr.org/2021/11/you-made-a-big-mistake-at-work-what-should-you-do • The Best Lesson a Manager Ever Taught Me (Sonika Bakshi): https://hbr.org/2021/07/the-best-lesson-a-manager-ever-taught-me You can also listen to this episode on HBR.org, and wherever you listen to podcasts: - HBR.org (transcript available here): https://hbr.org/podcast/2023/09/how-do-i-recover-from-a-big-mistake-at-work - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/new-here/id1705031803?i=1000629383493 - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Z64EUt9SGMWIIyBYgjMrm?si=d02c1cd136914e15 Series Description: The young professional’s guide to work — and how to make it work for you. About Harvard Business Review: Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, books, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review aims to provide professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to help lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact. Learn more at www.hbr.org. Chapters: 00:00 – Intro 2:03 – Interview with Priska Neeley 14:50 – Listener Questions 19:40 – Takeaways/Outro Follow Harvard Business Review: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review/ Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters #HarvardBusinessReview #business #careers #workadvice Copyright © 2022 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved.

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