Hands-on leadership, motivation, and herd effects

The "Principal-Agent Problem" is an economic term for the competing priorities between a leader and an employee. In the workplace, the "Principal-Agent Problem" looks like employees showing up late, taking long lunches, browsing the internet on the clock, procrastinating and missing deadlines. A few ways that leaders can overcome the "Principal-Agent Problem" is through transparency, motivation, incentives and communication.