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How to Set Clear Employee Expectations
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.
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Communicate Early And Often
An effective leader communicates early and often.
Don't assume that your team understands your expectations. Instead, proactively communicate your expectations. Empower them to m...
Come To A Democratic Decision
The right way to set expectations is to sit down with your employees and discuss everyone’s needs and expectations. Then come to a mutually agreed solution.
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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Emotional intelligence
EQ is the ability to objectively assess one’s own emotional state, avoid becoming emotionally compromised, being attentive to the emotional states of others, and being able to use all of this to...
Emotional intelligence and success
EQ relates to many skills crucial for long-term success:
- Perseverance: not being brought low by a single setback;
- Social perception: being able to understand and empathize with others;
- Communication: the ability to talk with and understand others clearly and concisely;
- Persuasion: being able to convince others to follow a course of action or cooperate; and
- Cooperation: the willingness and ability to effectively work with others for the good of the team.
EQ and leadership
Without the ability to understand and engage with others on an emotional level, leaders are not as effective at producing results for the organization as a whole.
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Why setting expectations is critical
One of the top reasons for unhappiness in the workplace is communication issues with one’s manager/supervisor.
Managers tend to make incorrect assumptions that employees have al...
Work
It’s crucial for your team to know exactly what is expected of them.
The unwritten rules about the level of quality expected in the work, and the depth of knowledge that needs to be displayed, are what defines a successful work project.
What are the boundaries of an employee’s responsibilities? What are and what aren’t the roles of the job?
Communication
What’s the preferred way of communicating, both formally and informally? What should be the frequency of communication? What are the protocols for communication at different levels – while reporting to the manager or even upper management?