Human Resources: How to Recover From Workplace Mistakes

4. Keep a sense of humor about yourself. This is where the power of humor can help you with a do-over. Here’s something that happened to me. A prospective corporate client, Chubb Insurance, asked me to write a proposal about how my corporate comedy training would work for its staff. I erroneously thought it was a weight-loss company and wrote my proposal accordingly. My contact at Chubb said, “I can see by your proposal that you’re a complete idiot.”