If you’re a leader, the team are watching and waiting for you to do the right thing in terms of courageously addressing a team member’s poor attitude or performance, because nothing is more demotivating for a team than watching a fellow team member go unchecked. You may have come across the saying “The standard you walk past is the standard you set”- even failing to address an issue is making a statement of consent without verbalising it. So if you’re hesitating to address an issue with a team member, consider how much it might benefit the team to address the issue rather than let it continue on.