Are You Making Common Managerial Mistakes?

​Employees can only do what you expect when they know what your expectations are. That sounds simple enough, right? How is it then that so few people, when asked, can provide a fantastic—or even just an adequate—answer to “Will you tell me one specific expectation your manager has of you?”
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There are three mistakes managers commonly make that undercut their effectiveness. The first two mistakes, failing to set and communicate expectations, and their fixes are detailed in Chapter 1 of  Focus on This, Not That, but Mistake #3, failing to maintain a focus on expectations, is nicely “blog-sized.”

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