MODERN LEADERSHIP
Stop the Blame Game
By Janine Garner
W
hether you are heading up
an organisation, a leader,
a manager or an employee
most of us have experienced
the ‘Review Period’ – the sales,
performance, budget, how can we
improve and do better review. But
during these assessment periods,
how honest are you really being?
• Do you take time to identify what
didn’t work, what wasn’t achieved
and why?
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• Do you honestly take ownership
of the misses?
• Do you even take it one step
further to determine your learnings
and what you can do differently
next time?
OR…are you in fact suffering from
a case of ‘Blame-itis’? The blame
game is rife; across workplaces
and personal lives the excuses for
why we didn’t achieve and others
did are audible. It’s incredible how
many people these days suffer
from said affliction – the need to
blame others and work through
an endless excuse list even
questioning whether “the dog ate
my homework” will actually keep
them off the hook. We’ve all heard
them:
It wasn’t me – it was him/her…
I tried but they wouldn’t let me…
It’s too hard to do that…