With the benefits of employing an agent, however, come certain risks. A faulty contract, for instance, can set the stage for disaster by failing to properly align her incentives and provide for appropriate monitoring of her work. (See the sidebar later in this reading, “The Pitfalls of Faulty Contracts.”) Even experienced negotiators who take great care in constructing agent contracts may unexpectedly find themselves facing agent incentive and monitoring problems. These issues, which often arise from factors that fall heavily outside the structure of the contract, can lead to three kinds of problem agents.