Just five months out of college and still “green” on my new job as newsletter editor for a local dairy cooperative, I inaccurately reported the organization’s member earnings for the just-finished previous year in my second issue of “Dairy Express.”
I expected to be fired on the spot.
But, my boss gave me the opportunity to publish a correction in the next issue of the newsletter. It turned out to be a timely clarification of a commonly misunderstood interpretation of cooperative earnings among our members. So the personal embarrassment I felt was not entirely wasted.
And it gave me a chance to establish myself as a “not-so-cocky” college kid among staff and members.
* When did you have an opportunity to prove your legitimacy in a work situation?
Just five months out of college and still “green” on my new job as newsletter editor for a local dairy cooperative, I inaccurately reported the organization’s member earnings for the just-finished previous year in my second issue of “Dairy Express.”
I expected to be fired on the spot.
But, my boss gave me the opportunity to publish a correction in the next issue of the newsletter. It turned out to be a timely clarification of a commonly misunderstood interpretation of cooperative earnings among our members. So the personal embarrassment I felt was not entirely wasted.
And it gave me a chance to establish myself as a “not-so-cocky” college kid among staff and members.
* When did you have an opportunity to prove your legitimacy in a work situation?