Comments on: What Are Your Expectations?

By: steve cunningham

steve cunningham — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 04:03:22 +0000

Dave – great post. My one most important rule for our team is this: “do what you say you will do”.

By: Brett Boyko

Brett Boyko — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:39:24 +0000

I’m glad you wrote this. I hate to say it but going through this list I can see how the team I work with is struggling. The corporate environment is one where information is witheld to virtually exculsion and taking intiative in seen as trying to upsurp someone else.

Sadly, if your list was adopted from the very begining the level of commitment and enjoyment you would see in the workplace (not to mention quality of work) would be substantially higher.

Why is it in 2008 some of the expectations we have seem more like 1951? This is something I’ve been discussing with collegues in NFPs and Agencies as well. Sadly, this is more common than most would probably think.

By: Brad Buset

Brad Buset — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:05:31 +0000

One of my expectations for any team I work with is honesty. Someone, somewhere is going to make a mistake, be it large or small, it’s going to happen. Acknowledge it, find out why it happened, then learn from it and use it to improve yourself and our work for clients. You can’t do that unless everyone is honest about their work.

By: Martin Buckland

Martin Buckland — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:00:29 +0000

I consider synergy between you and the client, very important. I have said no to potential clients because I knew it wasn’t going to work. No fit, like putting a round peg in a square hole.

Just my loonies worth!