>The problem is oftentimes not the individual being insubordinate. Oftentimes the issue is that Roles and Responsibilities are not clearly defined. This is ent

>The problem is oftentimes not the individual being insubordinate. Oftentimes the issue is that Roles and Responsibilities are not clearly defined. This is entirely possible too. I just had an experience where I unwittingly cut the technical lead of my team out of an important conversation simply because I didn't realize he would care. I wanted to limit the scope of the conversation because of time constraints. I told him to his face in a meeting that I was trying to limit the scope of the conversation. He was not very happy about that. Needless to say, once I realized what a butthead I had been, I apologized profusely, explained that I had misunderstood the situation, and promised not to let that ever happen again. It ended up being fine after that, but boy did I feel dumb. Point is, don't just assume that new hires will automatically infer what everyone's role is.