What are the drawbacks of role ambiguity?

How do you avoid them while still allowing the flexibility to innovate?

When working with teams, role ambiguity - who is responsible for what when - often causes miscommunication, missed deadlines, double work and unhappy people.

Unfortunately, many leaders and athletic coaches don't take the time to do the work to create clear roles while also leaving the door open to the evolution of responsibilities.   

I had the opportunity to ask three people with different work histories, Don Oblazney (corporate), Anthony Ferrera (government) and Domenico Ciarallo (entrepreneur), about their experience with role ambiguity and how they have handled it.

The conversation looks at everything from interviewing, job descriptions, feedback and professional development.

What problems have you seen arise from a lack of clear roles and responsibilities? 

To connect with the panelists, please visit their LinkedIn profiles:
Don Oblazney: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donoblazney/ 
Anthony Ferrera: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-ferrera-6308902/
Domenico Ciarallo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/domenicociarallo/ 
Dr Robyn Odegaard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robynodegaard/

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