Overcoming Compassion Fatigue: How Leaders Can Balance Empathy and Self-Care
Empathy can burn out leaders.
If you’re not careful, compassion fatigue sets in.
Great leadership is more than spreadsheets and meetings.
- Its understanding your team
- Its creating sincere human connections
- Knowing what motivates them and their challenges
But theres a downside… absorbing challenges, stresses, and emotions daily.
Though commendable, its draining.
You can end up feeling like you carry the stress of a dozen people.
As a leader I recognized this.
Usually on Thursdays I get irritated a little bit quicker.
The people around me know.
Its impacting them, and I need to do something about it.
Heres how I deal with compassion fatigue:
