How to Give Better Instructions
<p>Miscommunication starts with you.</p>
<p>If you’re hearing instructions, the onus is on you to make sure you understand them clearly.</p>
<p>And if you’re giving them, you need to be doing everything to make sure you’re understood.</p>
<p>If you’re instructions aren’t clear, it’s your fault if they’re not followed.</p>
<p>Rather than get annoyed at your team or frustrated at a lack of progress, use these simple tips to improve yourself.</p>
<h1>Make Your Expectations Explicit</h1>
<p>This ensures that even if someone isn’t 100% on the process, they should be able to get to the place you want them to.</p>
<p>And this is a key point: be crystal clear what you want from them. What’s the end result or deliverable?</p>
<p>If you can’t but it succinctly and clearly, do you even know?</p>
<p>A lot of managers gloss over this part. But ambiguity in the destination transfers into the journey.</p>
<p>Better to have soft instructions and a hard outcome for most tasks than rigid instructions without a clear end goal.</p>
<p>Plus a little flexibility helps staff follow their instincts and unlock their potential. You’ll want to reward that ingenuity. But you won’t be able to if they’re never achieving the results you want because they’re hazy.</p>
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