Impact of Guilt & Responsibility

• During the initiative versus guilt stage, children assert themselves more frequently through directing play and other social interaction.
• Central to this stage is play, as it provides children with the opportunity to explore their interpersonal skills through initiating ...

Consciously acknowledge the problem and then accept responsibility for your part in it. This can allow you to begin actively and constructively dealing with any problem.

• Write down or list the problems and their causes. This can help you more readily visualize, accept, and even deal with ...

Leaders become a scapegoat when things go southwards, as there is a general assumption that everything is their responsibility, so every problem is their own fault. This leads to ‘learned helplessness’, where we ignore our own responsibility and blame others.

Taking the analogy of a sh...