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Why should a job description include performance standards?

Standards show what counts as a job well done.

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  1. They clarify acceptable performance ✔
  2. They hide the job's purpose
  3. They prevent future updates

Why: Listing duties alone does not say how well or how soon work should be completed. Fair standards give the leader and team member a shared yardstick.

Huh, didn't know that: Learn to Lead says the leader and team member can write the standards together.

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Why did the job description carry a ruler? It needed clear standards.
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Answer: They clarify acceptable performance. Listing duties alone does not say how well or how soon work should be completed. Fair standards give the leader and team member a shared yardstick.

  1. Learn to Lead, Volume 3 www.gocivilairpatrol.com/media/cms/L2LVolume_3__LOW_FINAL_4_MAY_13CC68236BDFE.pdf
    a job description must list basic standards of performance
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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