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Are You Setting Expectations For Employees The 'Right' Way?

Focus On The ‘What,’ Not The ‘How’

An good approach for employees to best meet expectations is to focus on “what” your desired outcome or vision is. It allows employees to feel more invested in the process toward completion.

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How to Set Clear Employee Expectations

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Setting expectations for your employees is an essential responsibility that many business owners gloss over. Clear employee expectations benefit not only your staff, but your business as a whole. Belinda Wee, Ph.D., an associate professor at Husson University's School of Business and Management, said management must communicate, both verbally and in writing, the level of performance they require from each employee in order to receive their desired results.

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Setting employee expectations

A recent study reveals that almost half of all U.S. employees are unsure of what's expected of them.

Setting clear employee expectations can benefit your business. Management must co...

Employer/Employee expectations

Employee expectations to maintain:

Displaying a positive and respectful attitude
Working with honesty and integrity
Performing their work to a reasonable standard

Employees expectations;

Proper training, support and leadership from management and access to resources
Timely and accurate payment of wages
Safe working environments
Explanation of responsibilities, company policies and procedures
Regular feedback from supervisors or managers.

Team expectations

Team expectations refer to the behaviors that occur while working together on tasks.

Respect and courtesy to everyone.
Be accountable for your work.
Be reasonably flexible about task assignments.
Be willing to lend a helping hand.
Ask for help when needed.
Work safely together.
Be open to constructive feedback.
Be self-motivated and reliable.
Share ideas for improvement.
Be cheerful, positive and encouraging to other team members.

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Perfection Paralysis: How To Step Back And Stop Overanalyzing Your Work

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Ambitious professionals who always strive to improve are often the most successful. These individuals are also typically perfectionists - which isn't necessarily a good thing. When you overanalyze your projects and keep finding flaws, it creates a bottleneck in your workflow and ultimately hurts your productivity.

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Fully Understand The Expectations

"To minimize over-analysis, understand what the expectations are. What exactly is the information you need to provide or deliverables that you need to meet? Are you overproducing? We are of...

A 'Recover And Release' Mindset

"The recover mindset happens after you complete your work and you review it for errors and realistic value. Once corrections are made, move into the release stage, where you let it go and are OK with what results from it. Your realistic view of its value will be the reminder you need to draw from to free yourself from continuing to overanalyze." - Lisa Guice, Lisa Guice Global-Vision, LLC

Consider Your Constraints

"In the business world, decisions need to be made in a certain time with a certain budget. Remember your work is not about being perfect, but providing the best insight you can within the constraints you have. That gives you a lot of room to work and permission to not be perfect." - Larry Boyer, Success Rockets LLC

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5 Keys to Setting and Managing Team Expectations (Infographic)

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As a team leader or manager, the responsibility of ensuring smooth team collaboration falls onto you. Individual skills and talents play a role, but they won't translate into success if the team can't work together. But before anything else, ask yourself: do you know what you are expecting from your team?

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The importance of managing expectations

According to Qualtrics, employees do not engage properly when they are unsure of their company’s goals.

When your team ...

Communicate clearly and frequently

Communication is essential and comes first when setting expectations with your team.

Have a plan in place from the start to ensure your team understands what you are expecting from them.

For example, should they report every task they complete? Is there a set amount of time in which they should be able to reply to emails?

Roles and responsibilities documents

Your team will work as a unit if every member is aware of their own responsibilities and the importance of their work in the organization.

This can be accomplished by creating a document that describes their role in the company in detail.

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