Leaders, stop being so hard on yourselves. We are living unprecedented times and COVID fatigue and burnout is seriously threatening the health and wellbeing of all. People are reaching the end of their ability to motivate themselves, and that is a very serious matter for any leader.
I am also witnessing so many of you taking things personally, absorbing more than you can handle, and trying to compensate for what your people isn’t able to deliver at times when things just got too hard too fast.
Let me remind you that your health and wellbeing must come first. Because without you being at your best, you simply cannot inspire the same of others. It’s no surprise that poor managers contribute significantly to employee disengagement and turnover. Employees don’t usually leave their company; they leave their manager or supervisor.
This is the time for you to choose self-care, forgiveness of yourself and others, and consistent endurance. Today we must actively work on creating a culture where mistakes become lessons, risks are encouraged, and innovation thrives.
For employees to love what they do, they must have leaders who are passionate, positive, and purposeful in their actions. Happy leaders build people up, not drag them down. And best of all, happiness is infectious. Happiness breeds happiness, and the end result is that happy leaders foster happy teams.
Amid all the chaos that COVID has brought with it, focus on exuding a sense of optimism and confidence to those within your sphere of influence. Aim to bring everyone together, no matter how bad things get, and promote loyalty and collaboration.
And no matter what, please take it easy on yourself and look after yourself. Because you are no good to anybody otherwise.
Seek happiness and spread happiness. Focus on feeling good about yourself irrespective of any external circumstances and watch in turn how your actions give others permission to feel good about themselves too.
To your success,
Isabel
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Isabel is an experienced Peak Performance Strategist with over 20 years of international work experience holding senior positions within the hospitality industry in countries around the world, as well as Executive and Leadership coaching, mentoring and training.
She specializes in high performance strategy, leadership development and building organizational culture to help leaders and their teams learn, grow and succeed.
Isabel is passionate about helping empower business leaders with the mindset, performance, skills and strategies that they need to get ahead.
More available on www.isabelvalle.com
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