Or, I just thought of a simpler, and better known aphorism: Make them look good. As a boss, you make your team look good. As a business, you make your custome

Or, I just thought of a simpler, and better known aphorism: Make them look good. As a boss, you make your team look good. As a business, you make your customer look good. As a team member, you make your leader look good. And so on. Accept credit when it's offered, precisely because giving that credit makes them look good, and share that credit because public praise is good.