Most parents are aware that teachers’ expectations about individual children become self-fulfilling prophecies: When teachers show that they expect students to perform well, students do perform well; when teachers project no such expectations, students do not attain the same level of performance.
Some managers always treat their subordinates in a way that leads to superior performance . But most managers like Professor Higgins , unintentionally treat their subordinates in a way that leads to lower performance than they are capable of achieving . -J. Sterling Livingston
PROBLEM OF RESISTANCE PATTERN OF FAILURE POWER OF EXPECTATION COMMON ILLUSIONS
IMPOSSIBLE DREAMS SECRET OF SUPERIORITY THE CRITICAL EARLY YEARS KEY TO FUTURE PERFORMANCE
MOST INFLUENTIAL BOSS ASTUTE SELECTION DEVELOPING YOUNG PEOPLE DISILLUSION AND TURNOVER
“The Set-Up-to-Fail Syndrome: No Harm Intended—A Relationship Spirals from Bad to Worse.”
Managers not only shape the expectations and productivity of their subordinates but also influence their attitudes towards their jobs and themselves. If managers are unskilled, they leave scars on the careers of young people, cut deeply into their self-esteem, and distort their image of themselves as human beings. But if they are skillful and have high expectations, subordinates’ self confidence will grow, their capabilities will develop, and their productivity will be high. More often than one realizes, the manager is Pygmalion.
My one-word message for the twenty-first century is “ASIA” -John Naisbitt
Some managers always treat their subordinates in a way that leads to superior performance . But most managers like Professor Higgins , unintentionally treat their subordinates in a way that leads to lower performance than they are capable of achieving . -J. Sterling Livingston