How to Give Better Instructions

<p>Miscommunication starts with you.</p> <p>If you&rsquo;re hearing instructions, the onus is on you to make sure you understand them clearly.</p> <p>And if you&rsquo;re giving them, you need to be doing everything to make sure you&rsquo;re understood.</p> <p>If you&rsquo;re instructions aren&rsquo;t clear, it&rsquo;s your fault if they&rsquo;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&rsquo;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&rsquo;s the end result or deliverable?</p> <p>If you can&rsquo;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&rsquo;ll want to reward that ingenuity. But you won&rsquo;t be able to if they&rsquo;re never achieving the results you want because they&rsquo;re hazy.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@TobiasCharles/how-to-give-better-instructions-933d41b4052c"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>