High workplace pressures come with being a leader
As a leader, you're under relentless pressure to deliver. Getting the job done requires more time, energy and focus than before. On top of that, you're dealing with conflicting truths: The need to deliver high performance to drive profit and the bottom line, while also motivating, inspiring and supporting your teams.
The challenge is that we can’t separate the “human” from the “human capital”. Constant pressures to deliver can lead to high stress and burnout – our own, and our teams’. And it's easy to miss how uncertainty, pressure, and ambiguity at work and home can affect our teams and ourselves. Put another way, it's easy to miss seeing people as, well, people - not corporate assets, or a means to an end.
The people we lead are confronting the same kinds of human challenges we are. This means that as a leader, your job is harder because you must inspire, motivate and support your people – who may be struggling with similar pressures as you – at the same time you are trying to keep yourself afloat.
We don't think leaders need to choose between either driving profits or being a human being in the workplace.
And we're not here to put a value judgment on seeking a profit! Both people and profit are important. But it can be difficult to balance the two in a way that reflects what matters most to you.
If this challenge feels familiar, you've come to the right place. Our coaching, therapeutic and leadership development services help leaders find their best selves, create the balance that is right for them, and navigate the human dimension of business and what it means to be a leader.