"Once I had a team member who was running behind on a deliverable that was the first significant milestone for the project. Without it, a budget would not even be submitted for approval. The team member confessed that they had not even started with the task at all and that it would be impossible to deliver on time. I followed up immediately and assessed how much time it would take to complete, and what skill set the task required. Then, I assigned two people to divide the sub-tasks between the two of them. The original task owner would then oversee the quality of the deliverable. We still missed the deadline, but I was able to give all the stakeholders and sponsors a heads-up in real time. "