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"Someone else's failure will not make you successful", what do you think?

<p>do you agree with this? and how would this quote help you to 'implement team work' and to 'get rid of office politics' at your work place?</p>

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Question added by Saleem Khatri , Head of Finance , Berger Paints International
Date Posted: 2014/11/20
IRPHAN GHANI
by IRPHAN GHANI , Senior Management , A

Someone's else failure can also be taken as a collective opportunity for learning and developing and way towards contribution to everyone's success. 

Ednalyn Banuelos, CMA
by Ednalyn Banuelos, CMA , Projects Accountant , Grade Ref., LLC

I agree. There are people using people to get an edge over another. There are also some blaming another for the mistakes they do. That's very irresponsible and wont lead you anywhere. A good team should work harmoniously, they should support each other.

Tarek Bedran
by Tarek Bedran , Branch Manager , Carzaty Automotive

This is not true when you have the will to learn and the qualifications to solve. 

VENKITARAMAN KRISHNA MOORTHY VRINDAVAN
by VENKITARAMAN KRISHNA MOORTHY VRINDAVAN , Project Execution Manager & Accounts Manager , ALI INTERNATIONAL TRADING EST.

Building a team is to prevent the failure of a member of the Team if the member is prudent in his approach.  Support, Guide, Assist and Help are the qualities required in all team members when one member of the team could not follow them genuine predictable reasons.  Here the member should also co-operate and should not deviate from the main stream in such a way the The team are made helpless.

LABIB KOOLI
by LABIB KOOLI , Director of the Sectoral Center for Training in Hotel Technologies at Southern Hammamet , Tunisian Vocational Training Agency (ATFP)

Some bad stylish managers exploit the team failors for justyfing their utilities in a one common organization.

To comfort their position they select members team with mediocre capabilities and skills.

Deleted user
by Deleted user

Debatable depending which way you look it.

Someone else's failure will give you a head start on identifying the defects, issues, obstacles and issues to avoid in your current situation basically a guide on what not to do. Learning from other's mistakes and failures help you improve it's an experience which increases your knowledge on how to avoid failing.

 

I wouldn't suggest using this statement within my team simply because it may demotivate them and knock their confidence in using someone else's failure as an experience or a learning curve but instead believe they can't be successful. It can be badly misinterpreted.

Imran Ali
by Imran Ali , Bancassurance Sale Officer , MCB Bank ltd

But you can learn from his experience that how to overcome your problems. 

umair ali khan
by umair ali khan , Work Supervisor , Cantonment Board Faisal

sure, u are right. how to avoid office politics??

 

Gayasuddin Mohammed
by Gayasuddin Mohammed , Advocate , Practicing Law before High Court at Hyderabad

Indeed True. Without knowing this reality many people will behind this concept rather trying to do their things level best up to their potentiality and waste their energy.

Vinod Jetley
by Vinod Jetley , Assistant General Manager , State Bank of India

Both can fail.

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