If you don’t know what the target is.
In leadership, it’s easy to become disappointed in those lead for failing to perform well. But it’s quite possible that the leader has created the right conditions for disappointment.
Did we clearly express expectations up front? Did our people know the rubric they would be graded on? Did we involve our team in that process so that they had input and ownership and understanding?
Teams who draw a target together have an exponentially higher chance of winning.