Clear Expectations Quotes

People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the morning and enjoy working.

If you're going to give people authority and hold them responsible and ultimately accountable for their performance, you've got to get out of the way.

As head coach, I try to give clear role clarity, instil structure and create an environment in which players can excel.

I want to be drafted to a team that knows exactly what they're getting.

Trust is precious and easily wasted, and guessing is a lousy foundation for future progress.

A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.

I have made it totally clear to the players that my door will always be open.

I'm not in people's minds. If you're mad at me, you'll have to tell me.

If players know their role, it is easier to keep to them.

When someone gets a job, it better be clear what they did to get it.

I think there is a misconception that being open and honest and saying what it is you want is something we should be embarrassed about. But that's just not me. I am a very honest person. I always tell somebody what I am looking for, and I don't want people to waste my time, basically.

Clarity is the answer to anxiety. Effective leaders are clear.

I'm not the first person to say this, but communication at 'SNL' - I don't want to say it's not good, but unless you ask questions, you will not know what's going on.

Most people can't handle a structureless life.

The best dating advice I can give is... are you going in it for marriage, or are you going in it for just a date? You've got to be open about it right away, because the other person could be in it for marriage, but you're not.

Sometimes it's easier for people who are in authority to be authoritarian, because people know where you stand.

If players know their role it is easier to keep to them.

I don't like uncertainty. I don't play poker. I don't like bluffing.

Like children, dogs want discipline and are most secure when they have rules to live by. The happiest dogs are those with gentle masters who quietly but firmly demand respect.

I deal with my guests the same. I just love them. I deal with the issue as it is. There's no issue that can't be overcome. I don't tolerate disrespect of themselves or of me. And dishonesty. Those are two things that upset me. Don't tell me you said something or did something and you didn't. I'm very clear. I warn them early. There always comes a moment when you don't like me!

What I do know as a manager, as a person, is that you have to try and be honest with everyone around you. If I leave a player out, they deserve an explanation. It's about communication, about being clear in what you want.

The one thing that kids need is consistency.

[George Clooney] knows exactly what he wants and so he knows that you've done a good job before you do.

I don't think that there's a hard-and-fast deadline. . . .What we have said all along is that this is not an open-ended process, we are not in this just to talk for talk's sake. . . . We expect prompt, concrete steps to be taken over the next couple of weeks.

Every executive function, whether superior or subordinate, should be the appointed duty of some given individual. It should be apparent to all the world who did everything, and through whose default anything was left undone. Responsibility is null when nobody knows who is responsible. Nor, even when real, can it be divided without being weakened.