{"id":5077,"date":"2022-09-29T10:00:42","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T17:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/?p=5077"},"modified":"2022-09-15T14:22:58","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T21:22:58","slug":"would-you-celebrate-your-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/?p=5077","title":{"rendered":"Would you celebrate your mistakes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Leading by example<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How do you teach your work force that mistakes are OK as long as they learn and don\u2019t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3995\" src=\"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/leaders1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"180\" \/> repeat them?\u00a0 By being a visible example.\u00a0 A friend and fellow CEO states that he publishes each of his mistakes in his company internal blog along with the lesson he learned.\u00a0 \u201cIf the CEO can do this, he gives permission for anyone to confess as well,\u201d he states.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Think of aviation lessons for safety\u2019s sake<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You may not know it but the National Transportation Safety Board has for years offered a reporting program for pilots, air controllers and others involved in aviation safety.\u00a0 Anyone reporting an accidental safety error (such as flying into restricted airspace) within ten days is granted immunity from FAA prosecution, as long as the mistake was not an intentional breaking of the law.\u00a0 Even NTSB understands that mistakes are learning experiences as it insulates accidental infractions from prosecution in order to learn and solve problems communally.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is your culture?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Do you respond to an employee mistake with a warning or even punishment?\u00a0 If so, it is a sure thing that fear will cause your employees to hide them, cover them up with quick fixes if possible and worry over the consequence of creativity efforts or of pushing the envelope a bit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So, here\u2019s your question of the week:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em>[Email readers, continue here&#8230;]\u00a0<\/em> <\/span>\u00a0Doesn\u2019t the whole enterprise fail a bit each time a <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2694\" src=\"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/manage_jerks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"80\" \/>learning opportunity is lost or someone hides actions from management?\u00a0 And what does it say about your corporate culture and your individual management style?\u00a0 Even if you condone the overreaction of others in management, aren\u2019t you then guilty of reinforcing such a culture of punishment over learning?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Celebrate your mistakes.\u00a0 Others will follow. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All will learn to share for the sake of safety, growth and open culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leading by example How do you teach your work force that mistakes are OK as long as they learn and don\u2019t repeat them?\u00a0 By being a visible example.\u00a0 A friend and fellow CEO states that he publishes each of his &hellip; 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