{"id":2808,"date":"2012-06-19T07:31:21","date_gmt":"2012-06-19T14:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/?p=2808"},"modified":"2012-06-19T07:31:21","modified_gmt":"2012-06-19T14:31:21","slug":"the-blame-game-trials-of-a-new-cad-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/2012\/06\/the-blame-game-trials-of-a-new-cad-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"The Blame Game – Trials of a New CAD Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"
This entry is part 6 of 7 in the series The Trials of a New CAD Manager<\/a><\/div>

Trial Six: The Blame Game<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ever get blamed for something that you did not do?\u00a0 Ever try to blame a mistake you made on something or someone else?<\/p>\n

The challenge for a new CAD Manager may be either one of these, but I want to assume that you are not the time to always try to shift the blame to something other than yourself.\u00a0 Stepping forward when you have miscalculated or failed is part of being responsible and taking responsibility for your actions.\u00a0 That might be another post, but this one is when you get blamed for things you did not do.<\/p>\n

Symptoms of this Trial:<\/strong><\/p>\n

You may or may not actually know that this is happening.\u00a0 When someone else tries to shift the blame for some failure onto your shoulders, they may do it when you are not around.\u00a0 The glances from others and the shot replies to questions is a tip off that something is wrong.\u00a0 You may get a specific call from your supervisor about one thing or another and then a negative comment on your work in one area.<\/p>\n

Other times the shift may happen right in front of you with comments like, \u201cThis was your responsibility\u201d or \u201cyou dropped the ball\u201d.<\/p>\n

When this Trial comes your way:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Take a deep breath and compose yourself before responding.\u00a0 If the blame shifter has political power in the company you may be in for a long fight.\u00a0 When you respond keep it cordial and clarify the duties and responsibilities that you have and explain how this was not one of them.\u00a0 Quickly turn the negative into a positive with comments like \u201cThis was not my area but I can help get us back on track\u201d or \u201cLet\u2019s not start pointing fingers, although this was not my area of oversight, I can offer some suggestions\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

When someone tries to deflect blame on to you it might actually be an opportunity to take on more responsibility and greater impact in the firm.\u00a0 When blame comes your way, offer to take on that area.\u00a0 When someone else messes up, it might be a chance for you to shine.\u00a0 Don\u2019t purposely insult someone in the process, but if the area has been unassigned and you want it \u2013 grab it.<\/p>\n
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This entry is part 6 of 7 in the series The Trials of a New CAD Manager<\/a><\/div>

Trial Six: The Blame Game Ever get blamed for something that you did not do?\u00a0 Ever try to blame a mistake you made on something or someone else? The challenge for a new CAD Manager may be either one of these, but I want to assume that you are not the time to always try […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"series":[71],"class_list":["post-2808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cad-management","series-trials-of-a-new-cad-manager"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2808"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2811,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2808\/revisions\/2811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2808"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=2808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}