It is easy to be the goat.  Anyone can be singled out, and the blame can be laid.  We think it is a position that is random, but we put ourselves there by little things that build up in people’s minds.  Maybe it is an action item that was missed, maybe it is a habit of clocking in right at the start time and not earlier.  Maybe it is defining your work purely by the job description you read when signing up for the job.  Know what?  The goat is rarely the GOAT. Read more »