It is common in Organizations to look for someone to blame when things go wrong. Some cultures are more prone to this behaviour than others but the temptaion to blame a member of the team when things go awry should be strongly resisted by the Project Manager.

Any individual criticism should be done on a face to face basis in private. The public apportioning of blame will greatly weaken Team morale and spirit and will often reflect back on the Project Manager.

Even if individual team members criticise the Project Manager this should be dealt with on a one to one basis avoiding public retaliation.

Successful Project Managers generate respect by treating Team Members as they would be treated themselves.

chris@projectsguru.co.uk