EPISODE · Jun 20, 2021 · 27 MIN
The Consulting Mistake That Got Me Fired — and What It Taught Me About Humility (Jeff Gothelf)
from My Favorite Mistake: Learning Without Blame in Business and Leadership · host Mark Graban
Author of books including FOREVER EMPLOYABLE: How to stop looking for work and let your next job find you Show notes: https://www.markgraban.com/mistake78 My guest for Episode #78 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Jeff Gothelf, author of books including Sense and Respond, Lean UX, and Lean vs Agile vs Design Thinking. His latest book is FOREVER EMPLOYABLE: How to stop looking for work and let your next job find you. Recently, he co-founded Sense & Respond Press, a publishing house for modern, transformational business books. Today, we hear his "favorite mistake" story from his first consulting gig. Why did he end up making the client look terrible in front of their bosses? And what did he learn from that incident to make sure he never does that again? Questions and topics include: Job search mistakes Reducing the “panic” that comes with company uncertainty Building a safety net around yourself Pull opportunities to you - grow your presence Startup mistakes - wasting time and money on ideas that don't work Why the magic ingredient is humility Find Jeff on Social Media: LinkedIn Twitter --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/favorite-mistake/support
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What happens when brutal honesty backfires? In this episode, Jeff Gothelf shares a painful early consulting mistake that ended with him being fired — on the spot — for making a client look terrible in front of their bosses. We unpack why truth without context can destroy trust, how consultants and leaders can deliver hard messages without humiliation, and why humility is the missing ingredient in learning organizations. This conversation covers consulting failures, leadership communication, Lean thinking, and how one cringeworthy mistake became a turning point in Jeff’s career.
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