Problems with achieving goals can sometimes be traced back to incompetent management.
- One decision or goal may confuse or contradict another
- Decisions may be delayed too long for goals to be effectively completed
- Managers may not have realized or identified conditions that may have changed
- Some or all of the decision rationale may be held too close to the chest, rather than openly shared with the assignee
- Decisions may lack clarity or focus or alignment, any of which can derail goals or goal setting
- Too many managers may become inolved
- Complex systems or processes, or too many, may be imposed as necessary conditions
- Older programs may have become obsolete and may stand in the way of the current ones
- Resources may be drained or redirected because of previous programs which are now “sacred cows”
- Changes may be demanded frequently and may create plenty of waste while goals are being implemented
- Hidden agendas may create many problems or suspicions
- Sharing pieces of the same goal among others
