When we raise our level of expectations it challenges people to reach deeper & try harder.   If we keep the standard low so people can do it then people will produce poorly.

The principle is simple:  if you expect more people rise to your level of expectation.  This always happens somewhere along the line before something great is accomplished.

Of course when you raise the bar we as leaders
have to step it up in our “leading by example.”

And, when you raise the bar at first some people will say “what are you serious? Come on!”  But people are capable of more than they think they are and that’s why world-class
coaches produce championship teams: they demand more from their team and their team achieve more!
So ask yourself & perhaps even your team, “How or in what ways can I raise the bar & help us all leap higher than we ever thought?”

Winning teams have clearly defined & BIG expectations, and the discipline to match it.