Over the years of working with individuals and teams, IGEOS has identified the major behaviours that undermine team effectiveness. Below are some of the most common pitfalls:

	Evaluation apprehension: The fear of being judged causes defensive and obscure communication as well as resistance to learning.
	Social loafing: Abdication of responsibility to “group leaders”, avoidance of accountability; “hiding incompetence”, letting others do the work.
	Playing Politics: Choosing personal power and influence over team effectiveness.
	Indulging in ambiguities: Avoiding needed exploration of the unknown or uncertain in favor of clinging to the familiar. Refusal to think or to act “out of the box”.
	Lip Service: Not taking one’s agreements seriously.
	Gross tolerance of mis-communication: Not listening attentively or respectfully to team members, not speaking with clarity, conciseness, and purpose, covering-up unclarity and incompetence.

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