You don’t lift a team by lowering the bar. You lift it by helping people clear it.

Dropping the standard looks like kindness and tells everybody you do not think they can do it. What people usually need is not an easier target but the specific missing piece: the technique nobody taught them, the time, somebody to practise with. Keeping the bar where it is while making the climb possible is the harder and more respectful option.

Find the one person struggling with something you can actually explain, and sit down with them this week. Keep the expectation and change the support. Ask what is in the way instead of assuming you already know.