I'll just leave something I posted to my Facebook a few months ago, because it seems relevant. > A tip for future leaders: leadership means absorbing blame whi

I'll just leave something I posted to my Facebook a few months ago, because it seems relevant. > A tip for future leaders: leadership means absorbing blame while deflecting success. All too often, I see leaders that do the opposite. > When your team succeeds, make sure people know that it was a team effort. The team succeeded. Likewise, when your team fails, you should take full responsibility for it. It's not so-and-so's fault that s/he made a mistake, it's your fault for giving them the space to do it. I messed up. > Onward and upward! > (PS: Obviously this assumes a good environment, where leaders have close to full control over what they and the teams are doing. If that's not the case, then obviously you have issues that are more important than who gets the blame.)