5 Types of Terrible Bosses Who Think They’re Doing a Good Job

4. The Manager Who Likes to Play the Blame Game

You and your team launched a new campaign. Unfortunately, the results weren’t as good as you’d hoped. You report your numbers to your boss and share lessons learned, but it’s not good enough. Your boss wants to know who’s to blame.

How to Deal

Come to the table with a reminder of what was agreed upon and what the hopes were for the project. Share a debrief of how prior projects succeeded. Then, transition to the current project, sharing the pros and cons and always emphasizing the positives (and not pointing fingers).

By focusing on the team effort versus one specific mistake made by one specific person, you make it harder for your manager to single members out.