Blame Game vs. Accountability: A Lender’s Perspective
Acceptance is the turning point. When something goes wrong—a missed target, an operational failure, or an investor’s concern—strong leaders skip the blame and get to work. But many businesses get stuck in the stages of grief: denial (“It’s not a problem”), anger (“It’s the lender’s fault”), and sorrow (“We’ve lost everything”). Only when they reach acceptance does real progress begin.