When you and your stakeholders don’t see eye-to-eye on the timing of communications and deadlines—stress happens.
Why is setting time expectations so important?
The challenge for leaders is that if you don’t set expectations, your stakeholders will. That means you may go for months—or even years—feeling like you’re constantly being thrown for a loop by everyone else’s whims. Most constituents don’t know what’s reasonable in your position, so for everyone to be happy you need to let them know what to expect.
