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How to Lead When Your Team Is Exhausted — and You Are, Too
Read How to Lead When Your Team Is Exhausted — and You Are, Too by Merete Wedell-Wedellsborg, from Harvard Business Review.
I am tired. The extravert inside me craves seeing people. The energy that I used to get from people during the day isn’t the same through a Zoom call, so I have less and less energy to stay focused.
And I know I am not alone in this feeling.
It feels like the whole world is tired. Even though the vaccine shines a light at the end of the tunnel, the home stretch will be long and perhaps take a greater toll on our professional and personal lives than we expect it to.
To move through the second wave successfully, leaders need to reexamine their personal resilience and that of their team members: the ability and strength to overcome obstacles, bounce back, and recover in the face of challenges. How strong are you under pressure? How quickly do you bounce back from defeat?
Most importantly: How can you find the mental strength to lead through the last mile?
by Merete Wedell-Wedellsborg, from Harvard Business Review
The author, Merete Wedell-Wedellsborg from the Harvard Business Review, gives some advice on how to make it through the final stretch of this wave. Below are…
