>> How to Stand Out in a Staff Meeting?

To stand out at a staff meeting, defend the employees of another department when they are being blamed for the failure of a corporate project as part of an effort to shift blame away from your own department. Most employees see the unfairness of "The Blame Game" and make note of someone who speaks up against it for having the courage to do the right thing.

This works best when the need to shift blame to another department is not that great because the project that failed was not of great significance. It is not strategically smart to employ this approach in circumstances in which your own department messed up in a major way. In those circumstances, some in the group will react with hostility at attempts to give voice to the realities in a staff meeting.