If an artist is having trouble working with a fellow team member, they should always feel comfortable enough to come and talk to you in confidence as their lead, and know that you will be able to help them deal with it. In turn, you may have the unpleasant job of weeding out the team members who are not consistently performing or are causing personality problems. Your priorities lie with enabling the art team as a whole to function, and to meet the milestones. Your work environment can be an asset or a detriment, depending on the situation. An office is not necessarily the best-working environment for an art lead or art director if the office separates you from your team.
Companies are fairly flexible when it comes to making requests that improve productivity.
Open space environments can make communication easier, but can make getting work done more difficult if there are frequent social discussions intruding on an artist's workspace. Sometimes putting two or three artists together in a room works well as long as the rest of the art team is in close proximity to their room. You should never be afraid of asking to rearrange the art team's seating structure if you think it is not optimal for your needs. Developing good communication skills We work in the world of Geekdom. That is not necessarily a negative thing, but with it comes the plague of poor communication.