A Closer Look At The Blame Game In The Professional World

There are a huge number of things that can have a direct impact on your business, and at Technalink one that we’ve seen all too often is the constant inclination to shift blame to others in the workplace. However, this ‘blame game’ can have some significant impacts on your employee, yourself, and your business as a while. It’s worth understanding more about why accepting responsibility is so important and how to go about accepting blame properly.

It’s very common for employees to try to shift the blame to others. After all, they can easily feel as though their job depends on their performance. But let’s start at the top – are you accepting responsibility for your actions or are you regularly trying to shift blame elsewhere? Business leaders need to be responsible and willing to accept the blame when they’ve made mistakes. Here’s why.

• For starters, being able to accept responsibility lets you see your mistakes and then learn from them. This lets you grow as a leader and enhance your skillset while also learning lessons that will make it easier to avoid issues in the future.
• When you accept responsibility you’re setting an example for your team. They will see how you expect them to act and show them that it’s okay to be wrong and admit when you are. This can help them grow as employees and inspire them to follow your lead.
• You’ll also help establish a reputation within your business or industry for honesty and culpability. This can help you stand out from others and in turn will help generate loyalty from your employees and even from customers or clients.
• Owning your mistakes helps you make things right. When customers or clients feel as though they haven’t been treated fairly it can make it harder to keep them as repeat customers. When you admit your mistakes and correct them you help establish trust.

Simply put, your actions will have consequences. Hopefully these consequences will be positive, but in some cases there will be mistakes that lead to negative results. Being able to identify and admit these mistakes is an important part of being a great business leader, and something that any professional needs to do. It’s not always easy to admit you’re wrong, but shifting blame to others will only do more damage to your reputation and your company in the long run.