Re:How to Manage Employees When They Make Mistakes
by gaius on Friday October 01, 2010 @11:00AM
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One of the things that was drilled into me in the cadets was that you can delegate responsibility for a task, but not accountability.
Me too, but unfortunately it doesn't work like that in most organizations. Your boss's full time job, as he sees it, is to take credit for your successes and give you the blame for his failures. That's why he chose to become a manager rather than staying hands-on.
"Praise people publicly, but discipline people privately" This goes doubly if you need to criticise someone who has to manage others