There is a lot at stake when mistakes are made. And when they are met by masterful mistake management, there is much to celebrate.

Here are 10 potential benefits of masterful mistake management. Yep – there is a lot of potential in the mastery of mistake management.

1. A safe environment for sharing concerns or mistakes that may normally hidden from you.
2. We (managers and leaders) learn more about the mistakes being made.
3. We have more opportunities to create or improve products and systems that help us avoid future mistakes.
4. More people are involved in helping to create and implement them.
5. Fewer mistakes are made.
6. When they are made, more people will be ready to react and respond the way we would, if not better.
7. Which means less of this will need to go through us.
8. Reaction/respond time will be faster.
9. Customers will be happier.
10. Fewer customers will be lost.

Bonus Benefits:

1. Customers will be more committed to us.
2. Fewer team members will be lost.
3. Productivity will be higher.
4. Team morale will be higher.
5. We will have more time for proactive work.
6. We will make more of our goals.
7. People will have more confidence in us.
8. They will be talking at the water cooler about how we’ve become much better leaders.

That would be a lot to celebrate!

Please join us in building awareness about the impact of Masterful Mistake Management.

If you’d like help:

1. Invite Jan to make a presentation to your management group on Masterful Mistake Management.
2. Hire Jan to work directly with you to master mistake management.
3. Hire us t0 facilitate a group retreat designed to develop or fine tune your Mistake Management Plan.

For more information on any of these, send an email to: jan@businessclassinc.com.

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