So, what did you expect?

Expectations create outcomes.

Students in school; teams at work; individuals, personally and professionally: what’s expected by us and for us impacts results, whether good or bad.

That’s not “woo”; it’s well-studied reality.

As a leader, what do you expect from your team? From yourself? From, for that matter, your family, friends, community?

Be aware. Because if your expectations are, let’s say, sub-optimal, your results will be sub-optimal as well.

Expect more, get more.

Expect less, get less.

Your choice.

NOTES:

This is the shortest article I’ve ever written. For more detail, see this from Fast Company: https://www.fastcompany.com/91433825/in-leadership-you-get-what-you-expect

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