Problem: You have been assigned to lead three co-workers as part of a workgroup. You have an impending deadline and one of the co-workers is not contributing, causing additional workload for the other three workers.
Which of the following actions would you take first to most effectively resolve this situation? a. Confront the co-worker who is not contributing and insist that he participate or leave the workgroup. b. Define the roles of each of the participants in the workgroup and obtain status updates. c. Report the employee's lack of participation to the supervisor. d. Split the workload between the remaining participants.