The Responsibility is Mine.

“I embrace it, the responsibility is mine, I was the commander of the army on October 7th, I bear my own responsibility, and I also bear the full responsibility for all of you. And I acknowledge in every subordinate of mine who made a mistake, as part of my own [mistake],” Major General Yaron Finkelman, Commander of Southern Command, Israel Defence Forces.

"The Israel Defence Forces failed in its mission to protect the citizens of Israel. My responsibility for the terrible failure accompanies me every day, every hour, and will be so for the rest of my life.” -Lt Gen Herzi Halevi, Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defence Forces.

If you’re the boss of anything, learn from these men.

If someone is the boss of you, learn from these men.

If you’re the boss, you must have evidence-based confidence that every person you’re the boss of, truly understands what your job is, what their job is, what you’ve given them to do their job, and what finishing their job it looks like.

If someone is the boss of you, you must understand why the boss insists that you know what your job is, that you’re competent to do it, and why the boss gets grumpy if you don’t do it to the boss’s satisfaction.

You must understand why the boss chooses to boss you the way they do.

They’ve chosen for you to not care much for them - rather than them risking being accompanied every day and every hour for the rest of their life for what will be their failure - not yours.