https://cruciallearning.com/blog/restoring-your-good-reputation/ VitalSmarts is now Crucial Learning Wed, 23 Oct 2013 12:50:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://cruciallearning.com/blog/restoring-your-good-reputation/#comment-3012 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 12:50:37 +0000 http://www.crucialskills.com/?p=1049#comment-3012 […] You can’t really stand up in the middle of your workplace or group and announce, “I have an important interruption to make.  I’m now a good guy!”  You will need to set up some one-on-one times.  It could be as simple as asking for a few minutes to talk alone, or maybe over lunch or coffee.  Own your mistakes, apologize for them, and genuinely state you’re trying to become a better man.  The same author who wrote the book Crucial Conversations, which I talked about in the article “5 Quick Ways to End a Fight with a Girlfriend” wrote a great article on apologizing in the work setting.  You can read it here. […]

]]> https://cruciallearning.com/blog/restoring-your-good-reputation/#comment-3011 Fri, 23 Aug 2013 09:31:58 +0000 http://www.crucialskills.com/?p=1049#comment-3011 […] I recently worked on a very complex and emotional employee issue. I strongly believed the employee needed to be fired—and that was the ultimate outcome—but the employee's manager and vice president…  […]

]]> https://cruciallearning.com/blog/restoring-your-good-reputation/#comment-3010 Thu, 25 Jul 2013 07:40:54 +0000 http://www.crucialskills.com/?p=1049#comment-3010 […] I recently worked on a very complex and emotional employee issue. I strongly believed the employee needed to be fired—and that was the ultimate outcome—but the employee's manager and vice president…  […]

]]> https://cruciallearning.com/blog/restoring-your-good-reputation/#comment-3009 Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:01:00 +0000 http://www.crucialskills.com/?p=1049#comment-3009 […] Crucial Skills » Restoring Your Good Reputation […]

]]> https://cruciallearning.com/blog/restoring-your-good-reputation/#comment-3008 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:59:51 +0000 http://www.crucialskills.com/?p=1049#comment-3008 It’s an amazing first step that this individual was even aware that the behavior might have been perceived this way! My experience is generally people who are in positions of enough power to insist someone is fired in opposition to a manager and VP (general C-level execs) are not usually as aware as this person or expect others to just overlook things they do because of their postion. The advice here is sound. I hope this person takes it. I wish I knew where he/she worked. I’d love to work there as well

]]> https://cruciallearning.com/blog/restoring-your-good-reputation/#comment-3007 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:30:51 +0000 http://www.crucialskills.com/?p=1049#comment-3007 […] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Joseph Grenny, Del Forbes. Del Forbes said: If you ever just "lost it" read this article. http://lnkd.in/9_ANei […]

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