Leadership Matters: 5 helpful tips for avoiding burnout and managing stress
As leaders, it’s important to practice self-care, take time to disconnect and set a healthy example for our team members.
I’ll never forget my first few months as a manager.
I was so excited to get to connect with and support my employees, to teach them all my tricks and to model that you didn’t have to work yourself into the ground to be successful.
Yet, as the one-on-one meetings started to happen and the new tasks came pouring into my inbox, I realized that this wasn’t going to be all sunshine and rainbows. I was met with the tears and anger of frustrated employees, my calendar was inundated with hours of additional meetings, and my inbox and task lists were overflowing as they’d never been. I’d be lying if I said that the honor of the promotion didn’t quickly morph into (more than) a little bit of overwhelm.
How could I handle all of this? How could I lead, advocate for the team members who had trusted me with their worries and woes, and get all these new tasks and responsibilities done without getting lost in it all?
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