This can represent a high risk in the approach to volunteer management and therefore how the leader overcomes it is important. The leader needs to find out why they couldn't show up - he may have a good reason for this. Continue the work according to plan and explain the situation to the team and also contribute tasks to each of the members. The leader must act confidently and intelligently while providing effective leadership to subordinates. Being indecisive and failing to lead will collapse the team and lead to indiscipline. Excellent communication is therefore essential, as lack of communication will limit the team's effectiveness. If a team member isn't sure what the goals and responsibilities are, there can be confusion about what needs to be done. This will lead to inefficiencies such as duplicate work or incomplete tasks. The leader must be aware and always ensure that team members are on the right track and support their understanding of their responsibilities. Risk management is always important during teamwork. This is an important issue as the voluntary sector carries out very demanding and complex work as volunteers are directly involved in the work. Volunteers must consider risk and be managed in the same way as paid staff positions.