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Do you have unrealistic expectations of your team? #nascar #leadership #culture #team

20 Jan 2023 · 1 min

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A short YouTube monologue by Andy Neary (uploaded Jan 20, 2023) addressing unrealistic expectations placed on high-performance NASCAR teams. The speaker recounts an anecdote where a tiny pit-stop error (a "micro turn" by the jackman costing ~0.2–0.3 seconds) converted a likely win into a loss and produced strong negative reactions from others in the organization, illustrating pressure and unrealistic expectations.

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We operate right on the verge of what's humanly possible. Right? To expect that to be perfect every single time is just not based in reality. And the only people that understand that seem to be the people in the picker department. So, you know, Mike tells this story. We were in Darlington a couple of years ago, led the race almost, you know, end to end. Came in first, went out first the entire night. Okay, Last pit stop of the race, our Jackman comes in and. And has a micro turn on the tire. So it costs us about 2/10 of a second, maybe 3/10 of a second. We go from first to second, we lose the race. People in our building didn't talk to us for two months. That's what the department of unrealistic expectations look like.