A leader tells the team to protect planning time, then schedules over it.
They ask people to speak honestly, then become defensive when someone does.
The team learns from what happens next, regardless of what the written expectations say.
People watch how leaders handle pressure, mistakes, questions, and competing priorities. Those moments show which behaviors are safe and which commitments are real.
Choose one expectation you regularly ask of others. Do your own actions make it easier for them to meet it?
What is your team learning from what you do repeatedly?
