Set the right expectations! - by Thuyet Le

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you anticipated a salary raise, but your compensation package remained unchanged after the performance review, leaving you disheartened with the company? Or perhaps you felt frustrated towards others because their action was not as you expected? These examples above are cases where our expectations were not met. From my understanding, expectation is your belief that something good will likely happen. Back to the time when I was first promoted to become the first-time manager, I put a very high expectation on my team members to execute and perform the tasks as I did and considered it an obvious thing. These uncomfortable emotions, such as anger, disappointment, & frustration, started to visit me frequently when my team members couldn’t meet my standards. My inner dialogue echoed sentiments like: “If you want to work here, you need to work harder and deliver a better result", “You should be more proactive, why do you always wait for my re

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you anticipated a salary raise, but your compensation package remained unchanged after the performance review, leaving you disheartened with the company? Or perhaps you felt frustrated towards others because their action was not as you expected? These examples above are cases where our expectations were not met. From my understanding, expectation is your belief that something good will likely happen. Back to the time when I was first promoted to become the first-time manager, I put a very high expectation on my team members to execute and perfo