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Dr Justin G Mamen Canada, Canada
Top five Reasons Team Members Don’t Deliver On Their Promises:

1. Poor time management skills
2. Poor estimating skills
3. Low subject matter expertise
4. Failure to see the big picture
5. No organizational network
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Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Lack of Commitment as well.
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Vincent Guerard Coach - Trainer - Speaker - Advisor| Freelance Mont-Royal, Quebec, Canada
Also Failure from management to lead, motivate, engage ressource...
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George Lewis Program/Project Manager| DXC Technology Company Heredia, Costa Rica
Sometimes it is a poor project management.... or poor agile management...

On the other hand could be lack of expertise....
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Sonali Malu Maharashtra, India
Lack of ownership
Sometimes team members understand that they are facing few challenges, still do not proactively mention those challenges and it delays the work.
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1 reply by John Tieso
Apr 11, 2017 4:35 PM
John Tieso
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Many team members are simply nominated by their manager or supervisor--often to simply get rid of them for a while. Nonetheless, they see loyalty to their rating manager as more critical than their loyalty to the team. That too often results in mixed participation and buy-in.
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S Rajasekar Senior Project Manager| Allscripts Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Agree with the list also like other pointed Commitment , Ownership & Accountability as well
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Nasrullah Mohammed Portfolio Manager| Advanced Electronics Company Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Focus on Heroic efforts instead of processes.
The leaders that frequently rely on heroic efforts as a substitute for effective processes end up wearing out their employees’ goodwill. Having poor processes, or tampering with processes without understanding them, creates inefficiency, waste, delays, and rework.
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Apr 11, 2017 4:39 PM
John Tieso
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This ties to another discussion on moving forward without real planning or organization--relying on past experience to 'simply take them through to finish'. Unfortunately, as i expressed in another thread, projects start with a conceptual stake in the ground at 'Point A' (The Requirements) and should have another conceptual stake in the ground AT 'Point B' (The expected outcome. Without good planning, the end point is often at 'Point C', which generally means failure.

Anyone who thinks they can rely solely on 'heroic' efforts ends up being a fool.
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Mayte Mata Sivera PMO Leader | Speaker | Author Ut, United States
Poor communication, it means poor management.
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Aejaz Shaikh PM I| Alyx Technologies India Pvt Ltd Pune, Maharshatra, India
I agree with ... Lack of ownership i.e. should own the task and handle in a way as if it is their own task and should look into each and every aspect of the task.
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Liana Underwood National Capital Region, Va, United States
They could be disengaged, they lack enthusiasm, committment as Rami said, want to work alone, gossip and talk badly of others. etc.
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John Tieso Author, Lecturer in Business Management| The Catholic University of America, Busch School of Business & Economics Arlington, Va, United States
Apr 09, 2017 7:34 AM
Replying to Sonali Malu
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Lack of ownership
Sometimes team members understand that they are facing few challenges, still do not proactively mention those challenges and it delays the work.
Many team members are simply nominated by their manager or supervisor--often to simply get rid of them for a while. Nonetheless, they see loyalty to their rating manager as more critical than their loyalty to the team. That too often results in mixed participation and buy-in.
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