Don't Win the Breakup
No working relationship lasts forever. Every employee on earth will eventually quit or get fired, so it’s important to do it well. We often sense that the other person is slandering us (or our team, company, etc). Reputations are important, so the stakes are high. It’s easy to fool ourselves into this line of thought: If I don’t assign blame to the other person, they’ll assign it to me! I should “fight fire with fire” (or strike preemptively)....