We have a difficult work culture & a struggling leader. I recently found a scenario that needed addressing so it wasn’t repeated. I read about blameless post-mortem & gave my boss a heads up that I was going to try it w/the team to examine the project, factors contributing to approval of a project that was a poor fit and how we could better evaluate projects in the future. No blame. It was really helpful. My boss & team gave great feedback, and we discussed looking at great successes too.

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Blame usually contributes to resentment and toxicity because it's often taken personally and given personally. My predecessor supposedly had a tendency to pin blame on subordinates for issues in the operation and that resulted in me taking over a division where staff were distrustful and miscommunication was rampant.

It took some time but I was finally able to establish my leadership approach and have them understand that however things were done before, they would not be done that way going forward.

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