How To Apologise With Humility, Sincerity And Integrity

by Carmel O' Reilly

Overview

Welcome to my book about how to apologise with humility, sincerity and integrity throughout the chapters of your WorkLife Story. Here is a preview of what's inside, along with the main ideas and the meaning behind these.

WorkLife is our life at work, where we spend one third of our lives. It is also the impact our work has on our life outside of work, and the impact our life outside of work has on our work. All areas of our life in and out of work are so intrinsically linked, they cannot be separated, nor do I believe should they. I believe WorkLife needs to be considered holistically.

A sincere apology requires you to demonstrate how your actions caused hurt or pain to another person. We can all do or say things that we later come to regret – an in-the-moment reaction that can leave us and other people feeling anywhere from slightly uncomfortable to totally destroyed. What we do next to be able to move forward will determine how the story ends.

In this book I tell three stories:

1. A Monkey Could Do It Better – A Woulda, Shoulda, Coulda, Wish I Hadn't Said ... Story: Ray's Story of how in taking full responsibility for his actions, he had to demonstrate his commitment, beyond his apology.

2. A Bad Interview Quickly Followed by a Bad Apology: Caroline's story of a demoralising interview which was followed by a non-apology.

3. A Sincere Apology is Needed to Put Things Right When She Made a Huge Mistake: Jacinta's story of how when she recognised she had abused her power as manager, she needed to swallow her pride and do whatever it took to put things right.

I share the exercises that helped to work through these challenging situations to resolve the dilemmas. I present these exercises as the following assignments for you to work through:

I Wish I Hadn't Said... Assignment
This assignment is to help you to take responsibility for mistakes, to act with humility, sincerity and integrity.

Develop a Practice of Continuous Self-Feedback Assignment
This assignment is to help you to practice regular self-analysis by tapping into your gut instinct, to acknowledge and observe your thoughts and behaviours in difficult situations.

Develop a Practice of Insightful and Effective Self-Questioning Assignment
This assignment is to help you to consider the reality of situations.

The Four Components of a Good Apology Assignment
This assignment is to help you to avoid lasting damage to your relationships and reputation by restoring the respect and integrity of everyone involved.

Six Steps to Preparing a Sincere Apology Assignment
This assignment is to help you to own the mistake you made, to make an apology that comes from a place of truth.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940186766032
Publisher:	Carmel O' Reilly
Publication date:	02/16/2023
Series:	School of WorkLife , #20
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	516 KB

About the Author

Carmel O’ Reilly is the founder of School of WorkLife. She was born and grew up in Ireland, and now lives in Shoreditch, London.

Her work and subsequently her first book, Your WorkLife Your Way, and its companion workbook, focus on helping people live their best WorkLives by managing their learning, development and growth, through effective self-feedback, insightful questions and the ability to shape and tell their unique story. 

Her School of WorkLife book series tells WorkLife stories of the obstacles, failures, and successes people encountered in their WorkLife. Each book includes the exercises that helped navigate these situations, which are presented as assignments for readers to work through and adapt to their challenging WorkLife situations.

Her books are designed to help you gain insight and inspiration in your chosen area of WorkLife, and then support you in achieving what is important to you in your WorkLife learning, development and growth. You will learn to take ownership of your strengths and potential, as well as assessing your challenges to determine where you are stuck, to then uncover solutions to move forward.

Her new book, WorkLife Book Club Volume One takes you on a journey through the streets of Shoreditch, East London, as the members share culinary experiences, while discussing WorkLife struggles and successes through the wisdom found in the books they read.

Her WorkLife Book Club Case Studies embrace Learning Through Reading and applying those lessons to real-life situations. The series is a collection of stories inspired by real WorkLife struggles and successes and show how the wisdom found in the books they read helped the protagonists in the stories navigate through their challenging situation. 

The stories are presented as case studies for group discussion. The case and the recommended book are the required reading for each book club meeting and help to frame the subsequent discussion. 

The Art of WorkLife Storytelling is a series of e-books designed to help you find, develop and tell the right story at the right time in all WorkLife situations – in day-to-day communication: WorkLife and feedback conversations, presentations, talks, and negotiations, at interviews, and when socialising and networking in building and maintaining good relationships. You will learn to tell the stories that express who you are in an interesting and engaging way.