<ul><li>An employee is positioning himself for a potential promotion and has started to assert his expectations of the manager.</li><li>The employee believes he is smarter than the manager and tries to manipulate her by being condescending and smug.</li><li>The manager is contemplating how to address the employee's behavior without damaging their work relationship.</li><li>The employee's popularity among colleagues adds complexity to the situation, as they will be involved in considering his promotion in the future.</li></ul>

my employee keeps telling me his “expectations” of me

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