Why Failing Doesn’t Suck: How to Rejoice in Your Face-Palm Moments

Mistakes, failures, errors, blunders, and mishaps. Are you feeling uncomfortable yet? No one is perfect, but we all hope for a perfect performance at work. Guess what? It’s not going to happen! In this refreshing keynote, Chris Dyer shows how constantly trying to avoid mistakes can be even more detrimental than the occasional slip-up. With today’s changing business landscape, innovation is everything. But to drive innovation, employees can’t be paralyzed by self-doubt or the fear of failure. Chris will show how accepting (and expecting) to fail from wrong decisions or poor outcomes is actually a hallmark of good culture. Audience members will learn how to make more room for creativity and healthy risk taking when it matters most. Making mistakes doesn’t have to be painful. From minor errors to epic failures, come learn how your face-palm moments can lead to colossal business success.

Learning Objectives:

Chris Dyer will address the following HR skills – promoting healthy attitudes towards work process, developing leadership skills, providing managerial coaching, facilitating conflict management strategies, and driving positive organizational behavior by:

• Understanding the difference between mistakes and errors, and communicating what’s acceptable
• Managing mistakes with empathy, transparency, and fairness
• Managing mistakes toward improvements

How the HR Professionals will utilize the learning from this program in performing their daily responsibilities of running an organization? By utilizing the skills presented in the webinar HR managers can:

• Create healthy attitudes- leaders can help their teams learn from mistakes to create positive outcomes
• Promote leadership skills- help develop leaders that can navigate the complexity of company goals and growth when things don’t always go as planned
• Coaching managers in building productive teams- promote productivity by fostering environments where it is safe to fail and try new things
• Promote conflict management- educate staff on how to create the safe space for innovation to ensure more progress and minimize conflict
• Drive organizational behavior- the best companies in the world know how to leverage mistakes into new ideas, learnings, and products.  Google, Apple, and 3M are famous for this. Example: the post-it note would not exist if 3M didn’t value and document mistakes?  Someone’s terrible glue turned into 3M’s most successful product!