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1. Poor communications
1. Employees experience continuing surprises, they aren't informed of new decisions, programs, etc.
2. Employees don't understand reasons for decisions, they aren't involved in decision-making.
3. As a result, employees trust the "rumor mill" more than management.

 

2. The alignment or the amount of resources is insufficient. There is:
1. Disagreement about "who does what".
2. Stress from working with inadequate resources.

 

3. "Personal chemistry", including conflicting values or actions among managers and employees, for example:
1. Strong personal natures don't match.
2. We often don't like in others what we don't like in ourselves.

 

4. Leadership problems, including inconsistent, missing, too-strong or uninformed leadership (at any level in the organization), evidenced by:
1. Avoiding conflict, "passing the buck" with little follow-through on decisions.
2. Employees see the same continued issues in the workplace.
3. Supervisors don't understand the jobs of their subordinates.