What does self care look like for a leader? The short answer is it looks very similar to most people’s self care. Doing it or not doing it can have a profound impact on your ability to lead effectively and consistently.
Why is it so important for leaders? Leaders that actually care about their teams and the business, strive hard to support both and are pulled in a lot of different directions. Late nights, long hours and a good amount of stress surrounding their day to day. That can build up and cause you to be sick, to be emotionally unstable or simply just be less effective at your job.
Taking the time to reset and recover as often as possible is the key to a long and prosperous career for anyone, for a leader it is essential. Take the time to disconnect, exercise, meditate, read, write, whatever helps you take the focus off work/stress/issues and allows you to recharge your batteries.
Lastly, for goodness sakes…take ALL your PTO. EVERY. SINGLE. YEAR. It doesn’t mean take a bunch of vacations (if you can, great, do it), it just means don’t be at work. Disconnect and do fun things or things that excite you!
I hope this was helpful! Thanks for being here! Take care!
