[thejackgoode]

>As a manager, everything is your fault

This is a low quality solution for ownership and only works for some types, leads to burnout in others. It also contradicts one of the good points in the article: "Burnout comes from a felt loss of control and/or impact". You cannot expect from yourself to be able to correct processes for everything.

In my experience, better solution is (when it is possible) to have shared ownership. This is possibly an even bigger topic than burnout though and deserves its own discussion.

[shaftoe]

I think a better way to phrase his point is that responsibility rolls upward. You cannot delegate responsibility for an outcome, though you can share it.

[xupybd]

In NZ we basically have this in law when it comes to safety. If someone gets hurt it's Management's fault. If they pulled all the safeties off the machine and stuck their hands in while it was running, then it's your fault for not training them not too. Unless you have paperwork to prove you did train them not to.