How can you find balance during the holiday season, especially as a leader juggling personal and professional responsibilities? In this episode, we dive into practical strategies for managing holiday stress—without losing sight of your own priorities. Learn how to prioritize tasks, set meaningful boundaries, and address the mental load that often intensifies for those in leadership during this time of year.
Discover essential techniques to maintain well-being for yourself and your team. From delegation to guilt-free boundary-setting, this episode offers actionable insights to help you and your organization approach the holiday season with clarity and resilience.
What You’ll Learn In Today’s Episode:
- Strategies for reducing holiday stress.
- Balancing work and personal life as a leader.
- Why mental load often falls on women in leadership.
- Prioritizing personal and professional tasks.
- Setting and enforcing boundaries without guilt.
- The importance of planning time off.
- How to support team members’ holiday needs.
- Delegating effectively.
- Benefits of saying “no.”
- Maintaining mental well-being in high-stress seasons.
Ideas Worth Sharing:
“Even if you feel relaxed and excited about the holiday season, acknowledge that your team might not feel that way. It’s important to understand the perspective from their angle as well. Holiday stress can be very real.” – Elisia Keown Share on X “You can do anything but you can’t do everything.” – Elisia Keown Share on X “You don’t have to do it all for it to get done well.” – Elisia Keown Share on XResources In Today’s Episode:
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