Small Repairs, Lasting Respect

di Adrian Carmichael (Autore)

epubli, 2025

Mistakes don't define professionals—how they repair them does. Yet most people respond to errors with either overcorrection, avoidance, or a rushed apology that fails to address the actual harm. This research-driven guide helps teachers, mentors, and leaders understand how to recover from missteps with precision, integrity, and proportionality. Instead of guessing what repair looks like, you'll learn how to match your response to the size, nature, and emotional weight of the mistake, creating a correction plan that feels fair, grounded, and genuinely restorative. Inside, you'll explore why repair attempts often fall short: mismatched apologies, unclear ownership, vague follow-through, and actions that soothe the moment but fail to rebuild trust. Using evidence-based frameworks, you'll learn how to analyze the real impact of a mistake—both practical and relational—then design a make-good that aligns with what was actually harmed. You'll understand how to communicate accountability without self-punishment, how to assess expectations, and how to signal reliability through small, visible corrective actions that demonstrate commitment rather than guilt. This guide reveals how to respond to different categories of mistakes—oversights, broken commitments, emotional missteps, and professional lapses—with repair strategies that reset confidence instead of eroding it further. You'll discover how tone, timing, and transparency influence whether your response strengthens or weakens relationships, and how to follow up in a way that cements long-term trust. Recovering from mistakes isn't about perfection—it's about demonstrating growth, honoring impact, and rebuilding credibility with thoughtful precision.

• Autore: Adrian Carmichael
• Anno edizione: 2025
• Editore: epubli
• Formato: EPUB2 con Adobe DRM
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9783565101108