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When You Avoid Taking Responsibility for Leadership Failures

My squad performed poorly on the last field exercise and I know it was because I did not prepare them properly but I blamed it on their attitude.

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Your team failed because you didn't prepare them, but you blamed it on their attitude instead.

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