What do you expect?
I saw this quote recently: “Build high expectations into others.”
It made me pause. Do I expect big things from those around me? Is developing high expectations a strategy for me?
Great leaders master the art of high expectations:
- ·They believe that most of their charges don’t know how good they can be. They press their team to move into hard territories. Try new things. Set big goals.
- They see potential. They paint pictures of possibility. Their vision is about achievement.
- They reinforce high expectations constantly. They give feedback. Offer coaching. Demand improvement. Hold them to a higher standard.
- They resist “softness” but exude a warmth that communicates respect and positive regard.
High expectations are an “iron fist” covered in a velvet glove.
We expect to overcome. We expect to achieve. We expect to happen to the world.
Inspect your expectation game. Let’s raise it up a notch with our family and our business.
