Effective Leadership - Setting Expectations for Powerful Performance

Effective Leadership - Setting Expectations for Powerful Performance

There is a lot of training and many books written on effective leadership. Yet effective leadership comes down to just a handful of behaviors. One effective leadership practice is to set clear expectations. Employees are not you and they don’t know what you want. Effective leadership means telling employees what you expect and asking employees what they expect. Don’t guess why your employees joined your organization and what will make them stay, ask. Effective leadership requires knowing your employees’ need, likes, and dislikes, and accommodating those needs when it’s possible. Effective leadership also requires telling employees when you can’t meet their needs and discussing why. Lastly, effective leadership requires moving ineffective employees either to more appropriate roles or out of the organization. But you can’t do any of these things without knowing employees and setting clear expectations. Effective leadership requires asking the right questions so you know why your employees joined your organization and what employees need to stay and do their best work. If you want to engage and retain your best employees follow these effective leadership practices and your employees will be loyal to both you and the organization.

Read more about Shari Harley at http://www.candidculture.com and http://www.howtosayanythingtoanyone.com.

About Shari Harley

Shari Harley is the founder and President of Candid Culture, a Denver-based training firm that is bringing candor back to the workplace, making it easier to give feedback at work. Harley is the author of the business communication book How to Say Anything to Anyone: A Guide to Building Business Relationships that Really Work. She is a keynote speaker at conferences and does effective leadership training throughout the U.S.

Read more about Shari Harley’s effective leadership training at http://www.candidculture.com and http://www.howtosayanythingtoanyone.com.
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Effective Leadership - Setting Expectations for Powerful Performance