Make a better apology: 10 do’s & don’ts for leaders

In a Forbes article, Shellie Karabell discusses leadership professor Julian Barling’s do’s and don’ts for leaders who need to apologize.

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Mr. Barling is a professor the Queen’s School of Business in Canada.

Here are 10 do’s and don’t for effective apologizing:

Do’s

•    Show remorse.
•    Take responsibility.
•    Show empathy.
•    Plan restoration — to make everything right.
•    Lay out a plan of action.

Don’ts

•    Don’t ramble.
•    Don’t be conditional.
•    Don’t explain.
•    Don’t ask for forgiveness.
•    Don’t apologize if you can’t live up to the apology.

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