If you are new to this channel, we focus heavily on building healthy teams that have strong processes, strong relationships and a strong leadership cores that focus on finding the balance between delivery and mental health and contentment.
Which makes this the topic of this episode may feel a bit counterintuitive. Sometimes you just need to pull out all the stops, process and balance to create massive impact. Whether that is saving a customer, pivoting on a project or avoiding a failure to launch, there are rare times when you just simply have to find a way. Notice I said “create massive impact”, this isn’t something you do often or for no good reason.
If there is a good reason and it is truly impactful, sometimes you have to ask people to work late or over a weekend or at a capacity that isn’t sustainable for a short period of time. Initially, there will be pushback, there may be frustration and sometimes even anger. This is all very normal, especially if you are putting in the work to build healthy, balanced and effective teams…they are going to let you know that you are doing the exact opposite.
The two major keys for these moments, make sure you tell a story and layout the WHY behind it and lastly, sit in the mud with them. The worst kind of leader makes their team work late or come in on the weekend and they are home doing their own thing while their people are stuck at work. You may not be able to do the tactical work with them, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be there. Order dinner, help them unblock things and most importantly be there in solidarity and support. Knowing that is enough to keep them in a good headspace.
If you are doing these things and making sure this doesn’t become a regular thing for random not massively impactful things…you may actually see a boost in mood and energy in your team after completing the push. People like creating positive impact and superhuman efforts feel good sometimes, just don’t make it a habit.
I hope you found this helpful, I appreciate you being here, hit me up with questions!
