What to Expect from Me (Shareable)

The public-facing version. Share with a new team in week one or two, either in a doc or as part of your intro. Every commitment here should be one you actually keep. Cut any you can't defend.

# What to Expect from Me — [Your Name]

**I will spend the first weeks listening.** No big changes early. When I do start making changes, I will explain why.

**I will hold regular 1:1s with you, and they are your time.** Your agenda first. If I need to drive something, I will flag it ahead.

**I will tell you what I think.** Including when I disagree. Quickly, specifically, and in private if it's critical. In public if it's praise.

**I will defend your authority when it is challenged from outside the team.** If I disagree with a decision you made inside your scope, I will bring it to you directly, not around you.

**I will give credit publicly, and take responsibility publicly when things go wrong.** That is the deal.

**I will make mistakes and name them when I do.** I will not pretend to know things I don't.

**I will protect your time and focus as if it were my own.** Meetings I can absorb, I will. Context I can translate, I will.

**I will be honest about your performance and your growth.** You will never learn at a review that you have been struggling for six months.

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# What I Need from You

- **Tell me what you think, especially when you disagree.** Silence is expensive.
- **Tell me early when something is going sideways.** Surprises cost more than bad news.
- **Tell me what you want from your career.** I can't help you get somewhere I don't know you want to go.
- **Push back when I'm overstepping.** I will, sometimes. Name it.
- **Give me feedback.** Including the things you wish I did differently.