It’s inevitable that one day you’ll screw up at work. Truly, it’s unavoidable. Especially in today’s fast paced work environment. But what you can control is how you handle the fallout.

We sit down with our CEO for 15 minutes each week, every week to get practical business advice so we can advance in our careers. In this episode, we learn what to do if you screw up at work…

Key Takeaways:

• Say you’re sorry
• Focus on fixing the issue
• Understand what happened – where was the falldown?
• Consider how you can avoid this happening again
• Realize no one’s perfect – everyone screws up
• The value of the screw up is what you learn from it
• Take the necessary time to reflect on what happened
• Don’t let the screw up sit in your gut – say it out loud