{"id":7065465,"date":"2026-09-24T04:15:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/som2nypost.com\/uncategorized\/3-pitfalls-to-avoid-when-developing-your-team\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T04:15:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:15:46","slug":"3-pitfalls-to-avoid-when-developing-your-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/som2nypost.com\/?p=7065465","title":{"rendered":"3 Pitfalls to Avoid When Developing Your Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoughtleadersllc.com\/2026\/09\/pitfalls-to-avoid-when-developing-your-team\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"833\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thoughtleadersllc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221130-Danger-Sign-833x555.jpg\" alt=\"3 Pitfalls to Avoid When Developing Your Team\" align=\"center\" style=\"display: block;margin: 0 auto 20px;max-width:100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Avoid these three common pitfalls when developing your team members.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Some common pitfalls I see leaders fall into\u00a0revolve around not taking a personalized approach\u00a0to developing their team members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This includes spreading your time\u00a0and energy equally across all your team members.\u00a0I call this the peanut butter approach.\u00a0Leaders give everyone exactly the same amount\u00a0of time and energy.\u00a0They do this because it feels fair to everyone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoughtleadersllc.com\/2026\/09\/pitfalls-to-avoid-when-developing-your-team\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read the rest of this post at thoughtLEADERS, LLC: Leadership Training for the Real World.<\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Avoid these three common pitfalls when developing your team members. 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