18 Lift Poor and Mediocre Performers
Set a high bar. If you accept poor or mediocre performance from your employees, you’ll wind up with a bunch of lowly underachievers.
Rookie managers need to push for excellence. Demand the most from people and they’ll strive to deliver. Tolerate a halfhearted effort and you send a message that your standards are easy to meet.
By transforming middling workers into high-performance stars, you’ll impress your bosses and earn a reputation as a hard-charging, results-oriented leader. Your employees will also feel better about themselves once they see they’re part of an elite team. The desire to excel will feed on itself, and your staffers will no longer settle for second-rate work.
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