Have you ever wondered how to end ‘blame game’ behaviour at work? Here are the top tips from the experts:
Eleanor Shakiba; author of Difficult People Made Easy
When blame game tactics are at play, you’re likely to find lots of ‘us and them’ style stories being told. Employees who tell these stories usually cast themselves as victims and maintain that their ‘difficult co-workers’ are persecutors. If managers or team leaders step into rescuer roles, the blame game will continue. So it’s important that managers and supervisors remain neutral and objective. One way to do this is by reframing the issue: