Managing the Pressures of Leadership
An excellent post at Harvard Business Publishing discusses how the best leaders are especially prone to burning out and slipping into behaviors that are counter-productive. Fortunately the intent of the article is to prevent this from happening. What is required are four daily habits that the author equates in importance with eating and sleeping. (You’re eating and sleeping, right?)
- Listen to life’s quiet wake-up calls.
- Practice mindfulness. (Paying attention to your mind, body, heart and spirit by finding a few minutes of quiet time alone each day.)
- Find hope, which actually helps us to counter the negative effects of life’s pressures and burdens.
- Practice Compassion. There are always people close to us whom you can help (if you are paying attention).
Leaders/managers/bosses have a dramatic impact on the lives of almost everyone they encounter, for good or for bad. Recommended reading!
