Sentences with phrase «assigning blame»

The written agreement should be positive in tone and should focus on the agreement reached by the parties, not on assigning blame.

Focus on mutually supporting solutions instead of assigning blame, at least when you are talking to the bank.

But what F.C. Tucker and Rose & Womble's feedback mechanisms make clear is that consumers aren't interested in assigning blame; they're interested in how the company responds to their concerns.

Simple explanations such as «we decided we did not want to remain married, but we are still a family», answers the child's question without assigning blame.

Make sure you feel calm when you bring up the topic, use cooperative language, and avoid assigning blame.

In a relationship, assigning blame can perpetuate negativity and disconnection.

And it is an interesting discussion about assigning blame or responsibility for tragedy.

Without assigning blame, make an effort to do what you can to prevent hopelessness in those around you.

Remember that you are not assigning blame, you are simply expressing how you feel about the relationship — both what is missing, and what you can do on your side about it.

Trying to make the other feel guilty, assigning blame or reading the riot act will only kick off more defensiveness.

Those with the growth mindset, on the other hand, can acknowledge their partners» imperfections, without assigning blame, and still feel that they have a fulfilling relationship.

Couples counseling is not about assigning blame or fixing one individual's behavior.

When you use an «I» statement, you communicate your feelings without assigning blame to your partner.

Marriage counseling is not about asking partners to change who they are, assigning blame, or telling you how to think or feel.

When working with couples, I see your relationship as my client so there's no assigning blame or debating as to who is in the right and who is in the wrong.

No matter what the «problem» may be, together, you and your family members can learn how to stop assigning blame and start discovering solutions that create a nurturing home environment for everyone.

When couples can do this, they are better able to talk to each other about their relationship patterns without assigning blame to the other person.

Don't Point Fingers: Accept personal responsibilities rather than assigning blame.

Problems emerge in everyone's lives due to a variety of factors, and in narrative therapy there is no point in assigning blame to anyone or anything.

Rather than assigning blame or offering long explanations as to why you were fired, devote your cover letter and resume to convincing employers why you're the correct person for the position.

First of all, its obvious de-emphasis on liability puts the focus more squarely on protection and not on assigning blame.

By either admitting fault or assigning blame, you're running the risk of jeopardizing your legal rights in a court of law, and that may affect your compensation in the long run.

It is generally wise to avoid making any statement assigning blame to particular parties.

Assigning the blame to human activity for what's happening seems premature at best.

Two decades of debate over assigning blame for emissions, legal responsibility for reducing them and allocating per capita rights to use the atmosphere for disposing of heat trapping gases have created a zero - sum game without opportunities for solving problems by creating mutual gains.

Bird populations» worst enemy is US — WE are the single most dangerous and predatory «invasive species» globally, and we need to take a good hard look in the mirror when assigning blame.

Indie authors are a savvy bunch, and expecting them to pay for something that does not benefit them at all (as evidenced by our data) is assigning blame to the wrong party.

Revising and assigning blame without taking all the facts of history into account is just plain silly.

While some titles are about surviving the aftermath of a comet or a nuclear bomb, some are decidedly pointing the finger at various governments, assigning the blame to the politicians.

While assigning blame to Penguin as opposed to Amazon is appropriate there's no denying that Penguin's terrible pricing does affect Kindle owners — especially if some of their favorite authors are on Penguin.

Team members are forced to move beyond their individual orientations to consider a broader view of the problem; they can't settle an issue simply by assigning blame.

Instead of assigning blame, we must seek the causes of problems.

Rather than assigning blame for this trend of students returning to the public school system, we should be celebrating that charter schools are helping restore confidence in the public school system.

They continually worked to find ways for students to learn, rather than assigning blame or accepting failure.

But, before we start assigning blame, pointing fingers, and selling off our cars for the latest hybrid (although that's not a bad idea), there are definitely ways to help out this beloved species — and many other sea critters — in our daily routines.

But Ban stopped short of assigning blame, saying that was not the mission of the U.N. team.

Bill Woodcock, research director with the Internet infrastructure group Packet Clearing House, is cautious about assigning blame.

CLIMATE scientists tend to shy away from assigning blame for extreme weather events like the fictional heatwave described above.

In some cases, scientists have found, assigning blame publicly leaves the victim worse off.

We can spend time parsing exactly why that happened and assigning blame, or we can move forward.»

Pointing fingers and assigning blame, doesn't alter the fact that New York no longer is the most populous state of the union.

As for the mayor's many public statements assigning blame to the developers, he said they were, «based on a very heartfelt anger at what the developer did and a sense that the people were cheated.»

Simple explanations such as «we decided we did not want to remain married, but we are still a family», answers the child's question without assigning blame.

It's easy to get caught up in comparisons of who reached what milestone and when, or assigning blame when things don't end up the way you planned.

The first step is recognizing that the problem is not new and understanding that pointing fingers and assigning blame (it's the parents, the kids, the schools, the teachers, the «system») only adds to the problem.

When assigning blame for some goals conceded this year, it's obvious that we have to take into account the situations that arise simply from good pieces of opposition play; Crouch's goal was one such situation.

The issues are not related to team selection, substitutions, and assigning blame for errors that lead to the goals.

Not assigning blame beyond the lackadaisical defending in the last 5 mins.

Players, directors and supporters alike are sure to spend the coming weeks assessing performances, assigning blame and handing out praise before all eyes turn to the excitement of the summer transfer window.

Somber commentators take turns assigning blame for the sorry state of affairs to the candidates and to the media, but it is unlikely that a failure so massive and persistent can be charged to one of the usual suspects.