5 energy-boosting ways to overcome your leadership fatigue
05/21/25 at 02:00 AM
5 energy-boosting ways to overcome your leadership fatigue
Fast Company - Mindfulness at Work; by Katharine Manning; 5/16/25
Leaders today are stretched to the breaking point. Many managers enter their roles wanting to coach and care for their teams. But in today’s workplace, that vision is colliding with a lengthening list of competing pressures: performance metrics, shifting workplace norms, and the unrelenting emotional labor of guiding teams through crisis after crisis. As one manager told me, “I want to be an empathetic leader and support my team, but we still have to make the numbers. Mostly, I just stay later myself.” Another admitted, “Last year I ended up in the hospital.” ...
How Managers Can Overcome Leadership Exhaustion: ...
- Stop fixing and start coaching. ...
- Structure routines to preserve your own energy. ...
- Interrogate urgency. ...
- Pursue your own goals. ... Whether it’s training for a marathon, learning to play the piano, or pursuing a professional certification, make sure you have something on the horizon that’s just for you. ...
- Delegate and celebrate others’ strengths. ..