1. You're not listening
2. Indulging in overcommitment
3. Blinded by the numbers
4. Allowing fuzzy commitments and avoidance of commitment
5. The customer comes last
6. Fear and loathing of performance evaluation
7. Teams in name only
8. The management toolbox is empty
9. Giving orders instead of requesting and establishing commitment
10. Inability to build trust/cope with distrust
11. No clear game plan
12. Because I said so
13. Lack of commitment to learning
14. Allowing cynicism about management