Set-up-to-Fail Syndrome

Do you have an employee whose performance keeps deteriorating—despite your close monitoring? Brace yourself: You may be at fault—by unknowingly triggering the set-up-to-fail syndrome. Perhaps things started off swimmingly. But then something--a missed deadline, a lost client—made you question the person''s performance. You began micromanaging him. Suspecting your reduced confidence, he started dou...