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They usually begin much smaller.
A manager avoids a difficult conversation because they do not want conflict. An employee’s poor behavior is tolerated because the individual performs well technically. Accountability is enforced aggressively by one leader and ignored completely by another. Expectations are communicated vaguely, inconsistently, or only after something goes wrong.
At first, these situations appear manageable. Minor, even. (download the full article)
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