Setting and meeting expectations are the cornerstones of most business successes.
When someone sets an expectation for you, how do you respond?
Do you…
Quickly accept the new objective and get to work?
Question the validity of the new goal before putting any effort towards it?
Need to know the source of the new expectation? Do I respect the person asking me to do this?
Wonder why we’re setting new objectives? Leave me alone and let me do my work.
According to best-selling author Gretchen Rubin, people respond to expectations differently.
Just because you readily accept new objections without much fuss, doesn’t mean everyone else around you will have the same tendency.
Some hiring managers focus their attention on prospects who have similar tendencies and screen out those who display differences.
By doing so, they may be missing out on some very talented individuals.
Rather than focusing on how a person responds to expectations, find out if they have a track record of meeting expectations once they’re agreed upon.
Don’t fall into the “I hire people like me” trap.
You’re great, but other people are great too.
