“Oh, man, they did it again!” exclaimed Ralph, covering his face.
“And how did you help them screw up?” I asked.
Ralph peeked between his fingers. “What do you mean? I didn’t have any part in this.”
“I know, I know,” I agreed. “But if you did contribute to the problem, what was it?”
Ralph started to chuckle, hands now propped on his hips. “Well, if I did have a hand in this, it was picking this group of knuckleheads in the first place. And I probably didn’t explain what needed to happen very well.”
“Indeed. As a manager, before we jump to blame the team, it is always important to ask the question.
“How did I contribute to the problem?
“The Manager is usually at the core of what went wrong.” -TF
Manager usually have a group of assistant or leaders to help with the duites of a task given to a team. One of the obligations of these leaders is to inform and broacast progress to manager. in this particular situation the blame is on the lack of communication between leaders and manager.