Conquer Your Fear: How Embracing Replaceability Can Transform Your Leadership Role During Parental Leave
Parental leave is delegation on hard mode.
It’s filled with:
Fear Doubt Anxiety Excitement
And it’s inevitable that your work will go to someone else.
This is when fear sets in…
You worry about setting your team up for success.
– Will it be chaos without you? – Will they make you look good?
And the other side of that fear…
– What if they’re too good and replace you? – What if your company no longer needs you?
It’s a double-edged sword.
The fear is real and you feel like you cant win.
But I’ll give you right the answer.
👉 Be replaceable
It’s your job as a leader to grow your team so that you can be replaced.
So that you can move up in your career too.
Control what you can control.
And if you have a company that supports your growth, your job will be there when you get back.
Or better - your next role will be there waiting for you.
PS. I hear too often from new parents that they’re worried about their careers when they go on leave. We all need to be better about this.
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