Maintaining High Standards

How do Managers set and maintain high standards in their organizations?

Successful managers set high standards for performance and have accountability in place.   The key to setting the bar is a balance between high enough standards for team members to successfully reach.

Managers with low or no set standards most likely result in teams with low morale and low success rates.   Allowing employees to dictate policies such as time off and work pace levels usually move toward the non-productive and negative end of the spectrum.

How to achieve setting high standards and accountability by not micro-managing every detail of the team?

Look at your processes for recruiting, hiring and onboarding of new team members.   Take a look at current members and invest in each one to achieve the standards set.   Create better policies and accountabilities to achieve success.

Several business associates have indicated I have set the bar too high.   Instead of lowering the standards we have invested in coaching each team member to reach the standards set out.

You know I will continue to raise the bar as the business pendulum keeps swinging forward!

What are you doing to manage a successful team?