Chapter 8. Roadblocks on Your Way
There are many reasons why first-time managers do not succeed as team builders. And if they do not succeed, their teams do not succeed either, and vice versa.
Some of the more obvious reasons teams fail are a lack of clear goals, having the wrong people on the team, a lack of resources, poor use or no use of the primary and leadership skills by the team manager, lack of training for team members, work overload, absence of reward and accountability systems, meaningless or boring work projects or assignments, or unrealistic deadlines. Most of these can be attributed to the manager herself, the organization, or a combination of both.
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