Transforming Leadership: How to Shift from Blame to Systemic Improvement

Read the blog post How often do you hear executives blaming employees, including frontline workers, for different problems or poor performance? I don't think that's a good look when leaders do that. Leaders are responsible for the system, especially senior leaders. Even though they are part of a system, they have more freedom and more ability to change systems that ultimately drive most performance. A blaming leader looks at low productivity numbers and blames “lazy workers.” A blaming leader sees mistakes and blames “careless workers.” A blaming leader sees employees choosing not to speak up about problems and blames “cowardly workers.”