Chad, great post.  Very well thought out.  We were joking the other day about patience.  Almost nothing fixes itself.  However the first mistake should be understandable and subsequent mistakes of the same type must cause a leader to examine whether or not the correction is effective.   Eventually, if the same mistakes continue, correction must escalate.  Patience creates an escalation.  Stewardship and responsibility force a leader to create boundaries and eventually take more direct action to eliminate repeat mistakes.  If we let people adjust expectations by poor performance, eventually poor performance become acceptable.

Thanks for the great post.  Mike...