A junior colleague under your supervision makes an honest clerical error that results in a delayed document delivery to a client agency. How should you address this?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: D. Take shared accountability as supervisor, rectify the error promptly, and coach the colleague on prevention

  1. Step 1: Leadership accountability requires owning systemic failures and using clerical errors as coaching opportunities. Answer: Take shared accountability as supervisor, rectify the error promptly, and coach the colleague on prevention. Why not the others: Blaming subordinates damages trust; unauthorized salary deductions are illegal; punitive menial reassignments stifle development.

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