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If you spend any time around people, you’ll quickly see that while we tend to attribute our own problems to outside events, we’re happy to blame other people for similar issues.
This attribution bias, or fundamental attribution error, causes us to over-emphasize internal mo...
Most of us are prone to attribution error as it’s a mental shortcut that keeps us from having to think too hard. It’s much simpler to blame someone’s personality than take into account all of the situational factors that may be affecting them.
We also like predictability in dealing with oth...
One of the first lessons a new manager learns is that people rarely do what you ask them to do. The second lesson is that the fault almost always lies with the manager. Ninety percent of poor behaviours tend to be a result of miscommunication.
Managers, especially newer managers, struggle t...
New managers can go through a quick checklist and look at four potential causes whenever someone fails to live up to their expectations:
Hanlan’s Razor states, “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.”
It’s a good maxim to remember when we start thinking someone’s a jerk for making our lives difficult. But it’s just as important to remember that simply because someone does somethi...
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