Overcoming Self-Fulfilling Prophecies in the Workplace: Boosting Employee Potential

esults. It may become a self-fulfilling prophesy when the person starts to doubt their own ability if someone anticipates failure or ineptitude from them. This self-doubt may result in underperformance, which would support the unfavorable expectations. For instance, if a management consistently criticizes a worker's efforts, the worker can lose motivation and commit more errors. I've had a situation at work when the self-fulfilling prophesy happened. I was given the task of working on a project ...