316 5 Surprising Reasons Your Team Won't Do What They're Supposed To-and the Leadership Communication Skills to Fix It
Aug 14, 2025
Frustrated by your team's performance? Discover five common leadership missteps that might be derailing their success. Learn how the '5x5 communication' technique can clarify expectations. Find out why vague feedback can lead to confusion and missed goals. Uncover the importance of consistent follow-through to keep morale high and accountability intact. This insightful discussion provides actionable tools to enhance communication and boost team productivity.
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Make The What Crystal Clear
Do communicate your team's objectives using 5x5 communication: five times, five different ways to build clarity.
Regularly check for understanding by asking team members to explain the goal in their own words.
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Always Link Work To Its Why
Connect every task to a meaningful why so people see the impact of their work.
Remove tasks without a clear why to focus energy on what actually matters.
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Translate Expectations Into Behaviors
Stop using vague feedback and break desired behaviors into concrete, observable steps.
Teach specific habits people can practice, like paraphrasing and reflecting emotion for empathy.
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Are you frustrated your team isn’t performing the way you hoped?
If you’ve ever scratched your head wondering why your team isn’t delivering—despite clear expectations and solid training—this episode is for you. Learn how five often-overlooked leadership missteps could be silently derailing your team's success, and what you can do to fix them fast.
Here’s what you’ll walk away with:
The five most common leadership mistakes that sabotage performance—and how to avoid them.
Actionable tools like “5x5 communication” and “schedule the finish” that create clarity and momentum.
A roadmap for follow-through that builds trust, improves morale, and keeps your team on track.
Press play now to uncover which leadership mistakes are holding your team back—and what to do instead.
Check out:
01:00 – The First Leadership Mistake: Your Team Doesn’t Know What to Do
Learn why clarity isn't as obvious as it seems, and how “5x5 communication” helps eliminate confusion and boost alignment.
04:25 – The Third Mistake: Assuming They Know How
Discover how vague feedback like “show more empathy” leads to missed expectations—and how to replace it with specific, trainable behaviors.
10:42 – The Fifth Mistake: Lack of Follow-Through
Explore how inconsistency in celebration or accountability sends the message that the work doesn’t matter—and how to fix it with simple habits.
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