As a leader, one of your top priorities is to clearly communicate your expectations to your team. This includes your expectations for how they perform their work, your expectations for the results they achieve, and your expectations for how they treat people.

It takes what feels like over-communication to maintain clarity with your team. Don’t assume expectations are clear because you’ve said enough to feel like you are restating the obvious.

Try this. Ask your team members to tell you in their own words what your key expectations of them are. The first time I did that I was surprised to find out how much had been lost in translation. I thought I’d been over-communicating. I was wrong.

Make sure your team members are clear on your expectations for their actions and results. This is one of the pillars of a high-performing team, and it’s the leader’s responsibility.