Blame: Blow away the Fame !
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by Rami Kaibni
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People spend too much time finding other people to blame in order not to put themselves on the line. Blaming someone else might sound great to many but they will end up with no one else to blame except themselves because by blaming others, you give up your power to grow and change.
While managing projects, always try to fix the problem, not the blame because blaming demotivates your team and build internal fear which will reflect negatively on their performance. I've always believed in these two quotes:
"A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit". Arnold H. Glasow
"You can't blame gravity for falling in Love". Albert Einstein
Always Remember: Life is an Echo, what you send out comes back !
Posted on: January 03, 2016 07:28 AM |
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Andreia Reis
PMO Coordenator| Adimax Indústria e Comércio de Alimentos
Mairinque, São Paulo, Brazil
Hi,
It is true , Blame someone is easier,but not solve problem. in my point of view after that the problem happened the best thing to do is try to solve with help teamwork and it serve as a lesson learnt to all of us for the future.
Best Regards,
It is difficult to develop a collaborative approach to completing a project. Each party or group can succeed and the project fail too. The PM has to recognize and stress the lack of egos to succeed.
Rami Kaibni
Community Champion
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
@Andreia: This is very true - Thanks for your great input.
Rami Kaibni
Community Champion
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
@Larry: Exactly, you got that right: Lack of Egos. High EGO will lead to failure.
rachel town
Kent State University Ashtabula
Ashtabula, Oh, United States
Thank you for yet again a great post! I believe that the lack of individual responsibility within a team and a lack of confidence could perhaps erode any collaborative approach.
Rami Kaibni
Community Champion
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
@Rachel: Thanks a lot and you are absolutely right.
Gina Abudi
President| Abudi Consulting LLC
Amherst, Nh, United States
Absolutely correct that too many spend too much time finding someone to blame. I feel that a good leader should take all the blame and give all the credit. The team is always a reflection of the leader.
Rami Kaibni
Community Champion
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
@Gina, I can't agree with you more, very true but sometimes giving all the credit might spoil some members and they will take you for granted so the PM should be very wise while doing this.
Taking blame and giving the credit they deserve will groom the leaders for next generation.
Rami Kaibni
Community Champion
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
@Karthikeyan: As a leader, you have to always lead by example. Give to your team in order for your team to give you back.
The essence of the blame game is that "requirements were not clear or Assumptions did not remain as valid or new changes occurred"
For any of the above, change management is capable of handling this. Project by its very nature is "progressive elaboration" and hence the need to revisit regularly and update and the PDCA cycle goes on. If every team member understands and appreciates this fundamental, everyone will be on the solution side instead of problem side.
Rami Kaibni
Community Champion
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
@Balaji, I think what you mentioned above are "Excuses" people use to run away from responsibility. Instead of blaming people for deviating from requirements, take the blame yourseld as PM, work with them, teach them and get them back on track.
I endorse Rami''''s Statement. Leader is someone who takes blame and gives credit.
If every team member can understand and appreciate the changes, then Project Management Team is no where required. Role of Project Manager will be nullified. But it doesn''t happen often. Change Management is one area where we need more emphasis.
Unless the team realize the benefit or the positive side of a change, they will not be prepared to confront it. Make them understand is the ultimate responsibility of a Project Manager and we cannot run away from the duty. So blaming the team for not understanding the changes is not in spirit. He should guide them.
Rami Kaibni
Community Champion
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
@Karthikeyan: Thanks for your input. I totally agree with the second part of your statement but with regards to the first part: The Project Management Team is always required and the PM role can never be nullified as there are many more other tasks to do besides change control.
Of course, You are right... I agree..
fosco frongia
Senior project manager| ENTE PATRIMONIALE CHIESA GESU' CRISTO SUG
Fino Mornasco, Como, Italy
thanks Rami,
please consider:
when you point a finger at someone else, three other fingers are pointing towards you!
in other words. blaming is a behavioral reaction without any added value (positive of course... if you consider the "negative" one it add a lot!). As leaders we need to have a proactive attitude which contribute to improve team relationship and confidence, in this case our behavior would be conducted by a "strategic vision"
Rami Kaibni
Community Champion
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
@Fosco: I did not understand the sentence: " Positive of course .... If you consider thr negative one it add a lot" ? Can you ellaborate please.
fosco frongia
Senior project manager| ENTE PATRIMONIALE CHIESA GESU' CRISTO SUG
Fino Mornasco, Como, Italy
it is a joke, the matter is that our every action has consequences that, in the case of balimng the "added value" is negative.
sorry for my english it would easier to express it in Italian!!
Rami Kaibni
Community Champion
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
@Fosco: No problem at all, now I got you right my friend and yes it is true.
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