What too many leaders of organizations fail to appreciate is that it’s not the people that are the problem. The people are fine. Rather, it’s the environment in which the people operate that is the problem. Got that right and things just go – Leaders Eat Last Page 97
I think that the biggest problem for leaders here is admitting that they may be the problem because they’re the ones responsible for the environment in their workplace. Instead of admitting that they fire someone and blame it on that person.
Much easier to abdicate responsibility.