Q&A: Dealing with Overwhelmed Teams & Departments That Don't Deliver

Episode notes

"I can't give my team any more work—they are already drowning." If you have ever said that, you are likely falling into the Martyr Trap. You try to protect your team by taking on the extra work yourself, but all you are doing is becoming the bottleneck and burning yourself out. In this Live Q&A Session, we tackle two of the most common stressors in leadership: Influence and Overwhelm. I answer real questions from the Growth Leaders Collective about how to get other departments (who don't report to you) to actually do their job, and how to dig your team out of a hole when everyone is stretched thin. In this episode, you will learn: -Expectations vs. Agreements: Why "pretty much" having an agreement is the same as having no agreement at all, and how to lock in commitments with peers . -The "Martyr" Trap: Why "saving" your team from work actually hurts their growth and turns you into their personal assistant. -The "Strategic No": How to ruthlessly audit your calendar and help your overwhelmed team do the same (hint: you can usually delete 20-40% of the tasks) . The Challenge for This Week: The Calendar Audit.