Your employee just made another terrible mistake. And you are going to suffer because of it. You both look bad now, and you are tired of being frowned upon for his incompetence. And let's get real, no one ever got promoted for failing fast. Failing is for losers. So, it's time he is exposed as the loser he is. You are ready for vengeance.
Let me share a quick story. And I am sure you have your own. You have probably flung a few folks around over the years and found yourself under the bus as well. This happened before I founded Aha!
We were planning a major launch of a new iOS application and had a few dozen influential media and analysts lined up to speak to. We also were going to be demoing the mobile app at a major industry event.
But the approval for the application seemed to be stalled and there were only a few days left before the launch. And the reason it never came is because it was not submitted to Apple for review. The person responsible for submitting it "forgot."
Oh, crap.
I was ultimately in charge of getting the app approved and successfully launching it. And I really wanted to take a screenshot that proved that the app was never submitted on time and blast it out to the team. In it, I was going to ask (let's call him Stan) why he never submitted the request. And yes, the GM was going to be cc'd.
But here is what I did. I laid down under the bus with him. It was not because I was a martyr, but because it was the fastest way to avoid a collective team meltdown and fix the situation.
At the end of the day, everyone figured out who messed up, so there was no good reason to focus on that. Here is how I handled the situation. I...
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