GoKawiilEntrepreneur op-ed: Leaders urged to examine their own role before blaming staff for mistakes
A founder and Arizona State University lecturer argues that when workplace mistakes occur, leaders typically focus on identifying the individual responsible rather than examining the conditions that enabled the failure. The piece cites Gallup data showing managers account for at least 70% of variance in team engagement, with only 20% of employees globally engaged in 2025, to argue that leaders bear outsized responsibility for the environments in which mistakes happen.