What can lead a Team to Under-Perform?

• Poor Leadership


  Although team members are individually motivated and hardworking, there is a lack of strong or decisive leadership which may mean that they lose direction as a group.
• Blocking


  When members of the group do not fully respect the team and try to disrupt in some way ie by disagreeing regularly without a good cause, being overly-aggressive to others, criticising ideas frequently, refusing to take part on team discussions/activities or failing to take the team seriously, it can lead to conflict and under-performance of the whole team.
• Passengers


  These group members may have decided to let others within the team do much of the work and will fail to pull their weight. This can cause conflict in the team and could lead to goals not being achieved by the team as a whole.
• The 'Yes' Team


  This team places their relationships with each other as a team before the overall goal or target to be achieved. This team will attempt to agree with each other all of the time which may mean that their true opinions and thoughts are not given therefore resulting in less effective decision making and sharing of ideas and skills.