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navigating errors

Navigating Errors or Setbacks, Are You Prepared?

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Few people plan for navigating errors or setbacks, should you? Is that what some people call a plan B?

Mistakes happen, at least sometimes.

The recent launch by Virgin Galactic propelled its founder Richard Branson into space. What were the errors? Did no errors occur?

Preparedness accounts for much of the success that we witness.

When we watch an Olympic athlete, we often see a flawless performance. They might make things look easy.

It is true in many sports, many hobbies, and even in professional careers.

Errors are often fixed, overcome, or worked around. It may mean that a plan exists for some adjustment along the way, or perhaps past experience is used as a tool in an attempt to not make the same error twice.

Navigating Errors

Some might suggest that your life or career is a constant work in progress. Things happen, good luck as well as bad luck, seized opportunities and those that are missed.

Should you spend time planning for your reaction to errors, near misses, or other types of setbacks?

Does having a plan for navigating errors create a sort of self-fulfilled prophecy by creating a plan to fail?

There are people who argue against a plan B. There are others that may have a plan B, C, and even D.

In other cases, there may not be a secondary option. The only possibilities are complete success or complete failure. The options are only binary, one or the other, and no in-betweens.

Creating a plan to navigate errors doesn’t mean that you’ve created a plan to fail. It may mean that you’ve created a plan to succeed despite all odds.

An error caught early may prevent a catastrophic failure. Backup systems may keep things going. Building a form of redundancy may be the lifeline to support future success.

Insurance sometimes feels wasteful when not used.

That doesn’t mean that it is never a good idea.

-DEG

Dennis E. Gilbert is a business consultant, speaker (CSPTM), and culture expert. He is a five-time author and the founder of Appreciative Strategies, LLC. His business focuses on positive human performance improvement solutions through Appreciative Strategies®. Reach him through his website at Dennis-Gilbert.com or by calling +1 646.546.5553.


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redundancy impact

Redundancy Impact, Saying It Twice As Much

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Have you heard it all before? Are you suffering from redundancy impact? Does hearing it more than once have a deeper impact or is it weakening your communication?

It seems commonplace today. We get a marketing promotion email and we expect more to follow. We listen intently in the meeting and we keep hearing the same message. Is this a failure or exactly what we need?

Communication Repeats

Our business communications are cluttered with repeats. The habits we form are based largely on browse and scan. We believe we filter more effectively by just taking in tiny bits of information and labeling it as interesting, understood, and categorized. Otherwise, it is not heard.

Some people may be in love with the verbiage. It gives them confidence and satisfaction in repeating it over and over again. It does seem that redundancy has some form of impact, but what is it?

One problem area of redundancy is that many people, those who heard you the first time start to tune it out. It is Charlie Brown’s teacher, a mumble most won’t understand. More importantly, they decide they don’t care to understand.

Redundancy Impact

What is most important today probably needs to be said more than once. People expect it. People only half listen the first time or two, because they are too busy being distracted by something else. Chances are good things aren’t registering on the first pass.

All the clutter that we face is not necessarily the fault of the speaker, or of the listener, but a dynamic that has evolved in World full of constant noise.

Among all the noise, we may have to wonder what we are missing. Is our filter too fine or too loose?

Redundancy impact may feel costly, but it is likely much less expensive when compared with the price of not being heard at all.

There are some things that are worth saying more than once, and certainly those that are valuable enough to hear again.

-DEG

Dennis E. Gilbert is a business consultant, speaker (CSPTM), and corporate trainer that specializes in helping businesses and individuals accelerate their leadership, their team, and their success. He is a five-time author and some of his work includes, #CustServ The Customer Service Culture, and Forgotten RespectNavigating A Multigenerational Workforce. Reach him through his website at Dennis-Gilbert.com or by calling +1 646.546.5553.

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