[BAD] “The team needs clearer priorities.” [GOOD] “The team made amazing progress when we all focused on the website update last month. It might help to have o

[BAD] “The team needs clearer priorities.” [GOOD] “The team made amazing progress when we all focused on the website update last month. It might help to have one or two clear priorities for the team this month that everyone can rally behind.” Are people really that timid and obsequious, these days? I see no problem at all with the "bad" snippet, and would hate to find myself in an environment were people were constantly walking on eggshells, and perpetually afraid just to tell their senior team members that 2+2=4, as demonstrated by the "good" snippet.