Expectations Our Team Has For One Another

by Travis Johnson

Earlier this week, our team sat down and shared what we expected from one another.  This is team generated.  One of the observations is that each of these expectations are totally dependent on the rest.  If you blow one out, in many cases, you've blown out a lot of the others.

• #1 Love God!  If you aren't passionate about Christ, it doesn't matter what time you show up or how excellent you are or how good your follow-through is.
• Respect yourself (your health, finances, future, etc...)
• Trust me.  Understand what I'm doing to some degree and let me do it without interference.
• Establish and pay attention to clear lines of authority.
• Be direct. Beating around the bush has no place here.
• J.D.W.Y.S.Y.W.D. (Just do what you said you would do!)
• Play hard.  Have fun and enjoy the relationships we have built over the years.
• Respect one another.  Disrespect breaks down team.   
• Always be prepared.  There is no excuse for a lack of preparation.  Showing up unprepared is a respect and mission issue.
• Be on time. Early is on time.  On time is late.
• Take ownership.  Obsess over our mission.  Think about the details.
• Be excellent. God deserves our very best.  Whatever it is we do, we do as unto God.
• Honor your family. When you are at work, be at work.  When you are at home, be with your family.
• Work hard.  There is no substitute.  I've seen inferior talent and organizations overwhelm the competition because they got up earlier, worked harder, and outperformed better positioned organizations.  One saying that we had in my past life was, "It is not a matter of the big beating the small.  It is a matter of the fast beating the slow."