Ep 18: No Mistakes Allowed: Breaking the Perfectionism Trap

Meet the Host & Guest:

👤 Lindsey Schultz, CEO of MRC Recruiting

🎙️ Stephen Dummitt, Executive Coach & Founder of Tradewinds Leadership

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🎧 About This Session:

In this episode of Ore-atory: Elevating Mining Minds, Lindsey welcomes back Stephen Dummitt for part two of their May mental health series focused on Stigma Lie #2: "You're Not Allowed to Make Mistakes." They explore how this damaging belief limits learning, breaks down team trust, and threatens workplace safety, both physical and psychological.

Stephen shares a powerful story from his electrician days when a costly mistake became a pivotal learning moment, emphasizing that mistakes are essential to mastery. Lindsey adds her consulting perspective, encouraging a curiosity-first approach by asking, "What don't I know?" to foster learning and connection.

Together, they unpack the mental toll of perfectionism, practical tools to promote mentorship and openness, and the crucial difference between enduring hardship alone and building resilience through support. With an aging workforce, Stephen stresses the urgency for younger professionals to ask questions and for leaders to foster safe spaces to fail and learn.

The episode closes by highlighting the low usage of Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) and the power of vulnerability in encouraging team wellbeing and peak performance.

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