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Accepting mistake shows you have courage of accepting the things went wrong and set an example to others which leads to the learning and finding the solutions.
But the response in return was this is not the place for you to learn and you are bad in your performance.
I suppose it would to an extent depend on the type of mistake and how much it cost the company. About certain mistakes I would feel the same - especially if it's something that a person should be competent in. Other times it may truly be an honest mistake and a massive learning curve - that doesn't mean that management will be happy about it.
I agree with everybody whose approach would be to apologise, and take every possible action to rectify the situation, and hopefully minimise the impact. I would also start to take extra care to avoid any recurrence!
Absolutely the best course is when you mess up, fess up. We are all human and we all make mistakes. Lies and coverups will only create distrust and that is a fatal disease.
Hello there,
In Most of the Hotels there is lots of mistakes on the accounting of RECEIVABLES, as time on time, there is accumulation of debtors, and they dont get squared off..
I am working on finding a way of reconcillation of these Party debtors on weekly / fortnightly, so they are tracked on regular basis.
I really like the fact that you're not accepting the mistakes as how it is, but that you're trying to make a plan or work out a system to minimize these mistakes. Well done!
All that sounds so good, and I agree that honesty and rectifying a mistake is the way to go. But… we live in a real world where mistakes are seldom tolerated nor forgiven. The fear of failure can paralyze talented people, so great leaders will create an atmosphere where one can realistically grow and learn from mistakes. .