
313 – Who’s to blame?
Purpose/Objectives: Anyone who has spent time with young children knows
that the words "I didn't do it. He did!" ring out whenever
anything goes wrong. It would be great if, after we grew
up, we stopped trying to blame others and just got on
with fixing the problem. However, blame placing and
finger pointing go on all the time. It wastes time that
should be spent problem solving.
This role play exercise will demonstrate the contrasting
effectiveness of two teams. One team will be instructed
to spend most of their time trying to avoid responsibility
for a mistake by blaming others. The second team will
spend their ...