One way to avoid 4. Expecting without expressing, is to make sure that you have confidence that anyone on your team can fill in for you in a meeting you can't m

One way to avoid 4. Expecting without expressing, is to make sure that you have confidence that anyone on your team can fill in for you in a meeting you can't make, and correctly report your objectives, plan, strategy, and reasoning. If they can, then they know your thinking, and you have expressed. A side benefit is that they may know a lot more about their areas than you do, and they can correct your mistaken ideas -- but only if they know what your ideas are.