Homer is a newly promoted Chief Operating
Officer in a conglomerate of business. Part of his promotion was to head a
company owned by the business conglomerate overseas. When he took over the business,
he found out that its financial, production and human resource records were in
disarray. The company was in near bankruptcy.
He asked himself, what should I do? Should
I blame the past administration for this mess? Or should I simply work and try
my very best to fix the mess that they’ve created, institute reforms and move
forward. Homer chose the latter.
To employ the blame game is the easy way
out of this mess. Homer, could have simply washed his hands and said, “This is
all caused by the past leadership.” Yet, Homer realized that he was not brought
in to point fingers or to put blame on others. Homer perfectly knew that he
took over because he has a job to do and he must do it right and to the best of
his abilities. So that he can positively guide his organization moving forward.
Are you quick to harness the blame game
when your organization is in trouble? Or you avoid using the blame game like a
plague and take full responsibility of the task given to you? When you avoid
the blame game and simply do your job to the best of your abilities. You are
silently telling you bosses and your subordinates that you will solve what
needs solving and then move forward.
To blame the past is already useless and
futile. Yes, you have to look back not to blame others or to point fingers. You
only have to look back to learn the lessons of the past so that you could use
it as a springboard for the future.
The future that will serve you well if you
do your job to the best of your abilities without employing the blame game. –
Marino J. Dasmarinas
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