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Employee politics may look like workplace drama from the owner’s side. But what employees see, hear, and talk about can reveal problems with accountability, trust, management, productivity, and retention long before those problems reach your desk.

Payroll keeps going up, but the work isn't getting done fast enough.

If every decision and problem keeps coming back to you, employees may lack authority, managers may not be managing, or the business may have learned to wait for you.

Tired of telling employees the same thing over and over? The problem may be communication, management, accountability, the process—or the employee. Here's how to figure out what's actually happening.

Letting an employee go isn't an easy decision, especially when you care about their success and know their work will fall on someone else. But keeping the wrong person has costs you may not see until the damage spreads throughout the company.

Employees may avoid accountability because expectations, authority, and follow-through are unclear. Sometimes, however, the employee is the problem. Here’s how to tell the difference.