What Produces Major Problems: A Checklist

• Lack of experience
• Hubris
• Failure to get information
• Failure to "go see"
• Fatigue
• GroupThink
• Filtered information
• Rush to judgment
• Lack of humility
• Lack of courage
• Lack of clarity
• Loyalty to the undeserving
• Failure to fire incompetents
• An uncertain trumpet
• Failure to communicate
• Leading from behind
• Subterranean conflict
• Rewarding negative behavior
• Uneven follow-through
• Manic reorganizations
• Mission creep
• Lack of appreciation
• Lack of focus
• Indiscretions
• Over-promising
• Magical thinking
• Undue complexity
• Political correctness
• Flawed systems
• Lack of coordination
• Not enough options
• Failure to think ahead
• Failure to do homework
• Unnecessary micromanagement
• Lack of ethics
• Lack of trust
• The heavy hand of bureaucracy