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The Leadership Line
Manager’s Newsletter
February 2022
Setting Expectations
A lack of clear performance expectations is often cited as a key contributing factor to employees’
happiness or unhappiness at work.
Communicating expectations in a clear way enhances relationships because your team is confident
in their manager and can react and communicate directly in all aspects of their position. This clarity
prevents employees from having to rework solutions or for being responsible for not meeting unclear
or changing expectations. When expectations are communicated with the right amount of direction or
delegation, depending on the person and the situation, employee ownership is further developed.
This issue of the Leadership Line focuses on three critical moments within the employee life cycle to
reflect on expectation setting. Candidacy, First 90 Days (Onboarding), and Tenured. Decide where
you need to set expectations. Think about where the gaps exist on your team. Is the work output less than
ideal? Do you communicate effectively? What are the expectations imposed by the organizational culture?
Figure out where you may be falling short and define exactly what needs to change.
