Start networking and exchanging professional insights

Register now or log in to join your professional community.

Follow

How to deal with colleagues who cannot take responsibility for their actions?

user-image
Question added by Melissa Mwaura , Project planner , HANDS OF CHARITY (CBO)
Date Posted: 2015/09/14
Duncan Robertson
by Duncan Robertson , Strategy Consultant , Duncan Robertson Consultancy

Not taking responsibility for your actions is a psychological trait, and in general it cannot be satisfactorily dealt with in the workplace.  A good manager, who has a good relationship with the person, may be able to make a difference over time, but on the whole the best place to deal with it is in therapy.

Euphemia Oluoch
by Euphemia Oluoch , CASHIER, ASSISTANT ACCOUNTANT , STARC OM SYSTEM SOLUTIONS

Employees are human beings just like me  therefore you should ensure you call them for a meeting and talk to them so that they see the sense of why accepting responsibility is the best way of solving  problem. After which you make an agreement that in any case they fail to do that he or she will be reminded on that  but resign for not adhering to the rules