In this episode, executive coach and senior writer Albert Wolfe and senior coach J.D. Whitney close out their series on the EMMA framework (Expectations, Motivations, Measurements, Accountability) by tackling its foundation: Expectations. They unpack why the accountability pain leaders feel almost always traces back upstream to unclear expectations, and share a simple adaptive leadership hack — asking "what if the exact opposite were true?" — for surfacing the assumptions that keep expectations vague.

Albert and JD explore how expectations go well beyond job performance, covering behavior norms, communication, and collaboration, and why the wider those expectation gaps grow, the more painful accountability becomes. They close with how Curiosity, Courage, and Care can help any leader get specific about what they expect, without damaging the relationship along the way.

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