Is your team’s performance going down? Is the quality of their work degrading? Have people in the team gotten into the habit of putting mediocre effort instead of targeting excellence? When you first start to notice signs of trouble in your team, it’s tempting to pin the blame on the team. Maybe they aren’t skilled enough. Maybe they have lost their spark. Maybe they just don’t care. But pause and ask yourself: What if the issue isn’t them? What if you’ve been setting the bar too ...
