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Challenges with individuals

Teams consist of individuals, and the ability to manage at the individual level, to be able to meet the challenge posed by an individual, is a sure sign of an able manager. The different chapters within this section contain invaluable advice for the manager who finds just these sorts of dilemmas focused on the individual hard to deal with.

The most common management dilemmas are often those related to the needs and wants of individuals in the team. These individual behavioural dilemmas often stem from when people would rather sort out a task-related problem than deal with an issue related to how people feel about themselves or others.

The successful manager is one who is both aware of and capable of dealing ...

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