ET Young Leader Challenge: How to deal with mistakes?

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CASE STUDY

Aakash has made an error in a report that has been sent to some senior executives in his company. He realised the mistake after sending the report. He has not told anyone about the error.

He wants to talk to his boss about this, but he is not sure how his boss will react because the senior management is likely to hold his boss accountable. What should he do?

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TUESDAY’S Best Answers

Tanushree Bhadrannawar via economictimes.com

Shweta should fi rst talk to her husband. They should together talk to the family. She should also have a one-onone with her boss. Shweta should learn to say an assertive ‘no’ to her peers and boss. She can balance her work and life only with the support of her family and organisation.

Pooja Naik via email

Shweta should talk to her boss about the problem she is facing at her in-laws’ home. She should try to convince her boss to change her job profi le, which can help her to adapt better in her in-laws’ house as well as perform well at work.