Get the Pieces of the Puzzle on the Table

While teams are made up of individuals, each member is part of a dynamic, interdependent system. The person you think is missing the point may be suffering from being squeezed out of information flow and work by competitive colleagues trying to edge out a rising young millennial on the team. The person who is so quiet may be preoccupied, having learned that a colleague who will be quitting in two weeks asked them to keep it secret.