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An Entrepreneur contributor argues that many workplace failures stem from an 'expectation gap' — the difference between what a leader means and what a team understands. The piece proposes a four-step method: state the desired outcome, demonstrate what success looks like, confirm understanding, and recap the agreement in writing.
An Entrepreneur opinion column argues that new CEOs should use their first 60 days to build relationships beyond the obvious stakeholders like the board and investors. It cites Equilar data showing 12-13% of CEOs are new each year, with about 28% hired externally, and recommends also speaking with predecessors, partners, recently departed clients and frontline staff. The piece offers tactics such as building a KPI-based scorecard, watching for cross-functional friction, and delaying restructuring.
A leadership commentary observes that leaders often ask teams if everything is fine and accept nodding agreement at face value, without knowing whether that reflects genuine buy-in. It argues that in a culture obsessed with speed, executives skip the slower work of building real trust and understanding among their teams, leaving them unable to tell if silence signals agreement or unspoken doubt.
An Entrepreneur contributor column describes coaching a founder who had crossed seven figures in revenue and had a five-person team, yet still personally approved every decision and monitored every team chat message. The founder believed constant micromanagement was simply required to run a business, a belief the writer traces to an outdated subconscious 'operational identity' left over from her solopreneur days.