Expecting Positive Results is another one of the most difficult leadership laws one must deal with. If you have ever been to Corporation’s Annual Meeting you hear plenty of talk about expecting positive results in this quarter or that quarter. If you have ever been in a football team’s locker room before the start of a game, you will certainly hear a motivational speech about why expecting positive results is the only thing and nothing less will be tolerated. I have received many Operations Order from my Platoon Leader or Company Commander where he would tell us that Positive Results were the only expected outcome of the upcoming operation. Luckily, when it was a matter of life and death there were no casualties, and the results were always positive. There were times that Pvt. Murphy (and his law(Murphy's Law)) said otherwise but those were few, far between, and something to be talked about at another time.
How do we take these examples and turn them back onto the modern for profit or non-profit workplace in order to expect positive results?
You as a leader must do what it takes to ensure that those results come out positive all the time (OK, 99.998% of the time). You do this by showing uncommon commitment, declaring your expectations, knowing your stuff and, above all, having the integrity to show others that you mean business. Then will your peers, co-workers, subordinates, followers, and other leaders know that what you expect of them and that it is nothing less than what you give them. Once that is clearly understood then can you truly expect and realize positive results.
People that are committed to you and can truly champion your cause will deliver those expected positive results. Thus, when you start delivering consistent positive results to them, you won’t have to expect positive results because they will already be coming in. Remember, Expecting Positive Results from others should never be greater than the positive results you give others.
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