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The Power of High Standards

The Power of High Standards

“Another reason why high standards matters: As a leader, you can’t see everything every person does every day. Managers, by definition, have less visibility into what each direct report is working on than the direct report does. You need your team to hold themselves to a high standard in the moments when no one is looking” —Are your standards too low? In defense of raising the bar

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