What is it like to feel responsible for other people’s actions?
I struggle with feeling responsible for other people’s actions, which is not a good feeling. Maybe it is because of my many years of leadership roles that can shape that mindset of taking on more than necessary.
Feeling responsible for other people’s actions can be challenging and heavy.
I shared some steps in this video you can take to navigate through this feeling.
Learning to let go of responsibility for others’ actions can be a process. Put the strategies we’ve explored into action as let us know how it went.
What it’s like to feel responsible for other people’s actions.
If you are struggling with the daily grind, such as managing a team or balancing work and personal life, and feel alone, a leadership, life, and work-life balance coach like me can help you overcome those everyday challenges and continue moving forward to where you want to be.
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Have you ever taken a moment to reflect on your impact as a manager or supervisor?
Self-reflection is not just a tool for personal growth but a powerful way to empower yourself and for the well-being of your team.
I recently came across this powerful quote: ‘Your manager has more impact on your mental health than your therapist or doctor. Having a good boss can change your life. ~ Unknown.’
When you hear this quote, does it resonate with your experiences as a manager or supervisor?
What thoughts or memories does this quote bring up for you?
Throughout my career, I’ve had bosses who have influenced me positively and negatively. For instance, a manager who recognized my hard work and promoted me, boosting my confidence and my career path. On the other hand, a supervisor constantly criticized me, leading to people-pleasing behaviors. I couldn’t help but relate to the message.
What about you?
As managers and supervisors, our decisions and actions profoundly impact others, often more than we realize. We must understand and acknowledge this responsibility. I know throughout my career, the decisions I made impacted myself, the employees, and the work environment, whether positive or negative. I made decisions with strategies and thought about how it would affect all of us. Sometimes, you think you made a good decision and later realize you didn’t; that happens, but I learned valuable lessons throughout those years.
People often criticize Managers and Supervisors without understanding the dilemmas, the reasoning behind the decisions, or the compromises and negotiations required to maintain a business or corporate setting.
Let’s explore:
*Be aware of changes in your staff’s behaviors, such as increased absenteeism, decreased productivity, or other behavioral changes.
*Show empathy and provide support during challenging times, personally and professionally.
*You can significantly enhance job satisfaction by providing opportunities for personal development, growth, and advancement.
*It’s a powerful way to show compassion and investment in your employees’ well-being.
*Encouraging flexible working hours, remote work options, and taking time off.
*Provide coaching, feedback, and training opportunities.
*Address conflicts in the workplace through listening and good communication with each other.
Creating a safe and positive workplace is not just a pleasant environment but a must for any manager or supervisor. It’s a commitment to your team’s well-being and a powerful way to inspire and motivate them. Such a workplace can transform chaos into calm, create harmony, and increase productivity, job satisfaction, employee retention, and good communication within team relationships.
If you are struggling with the daily grind and feel alone, a leadership and work-life balance coach like me can provide guidance and support. I can help you navigate those everyday challenges, improve your leadership skills, and maintain a healthy work-life balance so you can continue moving to where you want to be.
Have you ever found yourself in a situation where work seems to be taking over your personal life?
Let’s explore the reasons for this work-life imbalance.
Whether you’re a manager, supervisor, employee, freelancer, entrepreneur, or business owner, the struggle with work-life balance is real. It’s not just about job titles; it’s about unmanageable workloads, deadlines, and unproductive meetings that spill over into personal time.
Reflect on what you want in your life and what you need to remove to achieve balance at work and in your personal life, and start putting it into action.
After reflecting, what are some of your work-life balance imbalances?
If you have any thoughts, experiences, or questions, I would love to hear about them. Your insights could be invaluable to others navigating this journey with us. Feel free to share in the comments section below as we support each other in achieving work-life balance in this busy world.
I am achieving Work-Life Balance, and it’s good for my soul and family!
If you want more in life than work, consider scheduling a Work-Life Balance Coaching Session with Patti. In these sessions, I will provide personalized guidance and support to your specific situation, helping you find a personal life again and open up a world of possibilities for a more fulfilling life.
Jackie is our “go-to” fashionista and image consultant/personal stylist. She loves assisting women in the spotlight with their style, image, and brand in person and online.
Jackie’s been in the image industry for over 30 years and owns JackieStyle Image and Branding Agency.
Jackie shares:
About her passion and journey of styling, branding, and imaging.
How she helps professionals, business owners, and others create the perfect unique style and image for them.
How does enhancing your image build your confidence?
What is Passport of Style Shopping?
And much more.
Thank you so much for listening. Please share the podcast with others, check out Jack’s services and products, and tell her you heard her episode on Building Better Relationships at Home and Work with Angela and Patti for a 50% discount offer. We will have Jackie’s contact information in the show notes.
Personal styling: Enhancing your image builds personal confidence.
I saw a reel on Instagram recently where the guy said, “Stress at work comes from giving a sh*t.”
Wow, that statement hit me hard because I sometimes (most of the time) care too much, take my responsibilities or projects seriously, and want to do the best job possible. I care about a great outcome.
What about you?
Do you care too much while others who don’t care seem to have no stress because they don’t give a sh*t and appear to attract whatever they want at work? They get promotions and special projects and climb the corporate ladder fast while dumping their work on everyone else, especially the Doer.
At the same time, the Doer is overwhelmed and receives no recognition for all they do while someone else takes the credit.
So many times throughout my career, I make a suggestion, and later, someone brings it up again and takes credit for it.
If this happens to you, are you happy the suggestion will finally be implemented, or are you angry and silent?
How do you deal with your internal emotions?
What keeps you motivated to do your best and not let these situations jade you, defeat you, and overtake your ambitions and confidence?
Some may say what does it matter? It’s just a job.
As Managers and Supervisors, we may only know what is truly going on with our team if we spend time with our staff and they feel safe discussing these situations.
Does your staff feel comfortable talking to you about uncomfortable situations happening in the work environment?
Do you feel comfortable asking how it’s going and receiving unfavorable feedback you may have to address?
As a manager and supervisor, do you ignore things, hope they go away, and use the attitude I don’t care to deal with the daily grind?
Think about the stress that is going on around you.
Have employees been calling out more than usual lately?
What about employees’ attitudes at work? Are they more reactive than proactive, aggressive, unmotivated, sensitive, or lacking in productivity?
How are you feeling? Are you stressed or uncaring, or both? Or do you care too much?
Who do you want in your organization: the person who cares too much, the Doer, the person who doesn’t care, and the person who takes advantage and doesn’t care who they step over to get there?
I know these are some difficult and uncomfortable questions; however, they are great for self-reflection. Some people take their jobs and work performance seriously and care about them, while others take advantage of others to move up in the organization.
Caring about your job and work performance is not bad; it’s admirable and a good trait, but it does cause some stress. How much stress that’s up to you how you handle that stress. If you are an overthinker, that may cause more stress than someone who self-reflects, comes up with solutions, or chalks it up to a life lesson and moves on by not thinking about it anymore.
Stress is a silent killer in the workplace in many ways: physical, mental, and emotional. Being aware of it, actively finding ways to combat it, and discussing and sharing it will help everyone feel safe talking about how to make the work environment happier.
How can we, as Managers and Supervisors, improve the work environment? One day at a time.
This podcast episode offers a lot to consider. I would love your thoughts on this topic. If there is another topic you would like me to explore, please leave a comment.
If you are struggling with the daily grind and feel alone, a leadership and work-life balance coach like me will help you work through those everyday challenges to continue moving forward to where you want to be.
Janiece fell in love with finance and graduated from Indiana Wesleyan in 2014 with her bachelor’s degree in accountancy. She’s been in the accounting industry for over 20 years and has worked directly for small business owners, corporations, and consulting firms.
Working for a CPA firm opened her eyes to the limited support for small businesses. That inspired her to start YAME Consulting, a remote B2B bookkeeping firm that works with solopreneurs in small and micro businesses.
Janiece’s shares:
*Her accounting journey about helping solopreneurs, small businesses.
*What is the most important thing to consider when setting up finances to help sustain nonprofits?
*How do you know if your business is better suited to a nonprofit versus a small or micro business?
*Essential things a business owner should do throughout the year to prepare for tax season and help ease the stress of getting their taxes done.
*How can businesses build better relationships with accounting and the tax preparer?
Joseph McGuire has been trained in the ancient Chinese skill of Face Reading, and Body Language since 1985, initially to healthcare professionals as diagnostic and communication tools.
Joseph discusses:
* What he has been up to since last time on the podcast and what he has planned for 2024.
* LinkedIn profile Jospeh McGuire – Face Magic – What’s the story behind the name.
How does reading the room and listening to what’s not being said build better relationships?
*The importance of clear communication for strengthening and nurturing relationships in all areas of our lives.
*How does observation and listening skills allow us to build trust and respect.
*About his book Face Facts
* And much more!
Thank you so much for listening, please share the podcast with others, and check out Joseph’s services and products.
The (He)Art of Listening
Event by Joseph McGuire – Face Magic Tuesday, 16 Jan 2024 7-8 pm GMT. Are you listening…really listening? Do you just hear the words, or can you hear the emotions, intentions and motivations behind them? Can you hear what’s not being said? Willing to commit 1 hour to gain new insights. Online Event link https://bit.ly/3tK4fYt
Holiday Time is coming. Are you prepared as a Manager and Supervisor?
For a manager and supervisor, this can be a stressful time keeping the business running at maximum speed or at all.
Holidays have a lot of personal stress and often affect the work environment. What do I mean? It can be distracting and can lower productivity in the workplace. Some people become less productive at work during the holiday season and lose motivation. Productivity may be lower because managers and staff are on leave from the office, and workflow slows down.
While the holidays for some are to unwind and unplug while away from the office for others, the work still goes on and can be stressful trying to juggle home life and work life.
All your staff may want the same time off, and you may have to refuse leave requests. The people denied leave may be angry and upset and don’t want to be there, and morale goes down and some even call in sick, which makes the workplace unbearable for those still there.
How do you handle these situations as a Manager and Supervisor?
Do you have a plan of action to ease the circumstance, or are you flying by the seat of your pants, or do you even care?
What are some ways to prepare and ease the anxiety for you and your staff?
Do you rotate Holiday leave time with the staff? If someone takes off one Holiday, they work the other Holidays. Then, they take another Holiday the following year but not the one they got the previous year.
Or does the team sit down and determine together what Holidays they get off?
What about you? Do you take time off during the holidays? Do you plan to take time off and not just physically be there but mentally and emotionally as well?
Preparing well in advance with your staff who is taking time off and what holidays you are taking off – gives everyone a sense of commitment and understanding, and everyone can prepare with their family and friends.
In the month of October, I would start to develop the Holiday Vacation Leave plan with my staff. I remember how stressful ensuring we had enough staff coverage during the holiday weeks was. Until I came up with Holiday Leave Action plans early in the year so everyone knew who was working and who was not during the October – December season.
During the Holiday season, avoid bringing work home so you can enjoy your time away from work and include yourself in the holiday rotation plan. Many managers and supervisors don’t take any leave time during the Holidays, which is unfair to you and your family.
Time to reflect:What is your Holiday Leave Time plan for you and your employees?
Question: Do you feel that work and personal life compete with your attention?
I would love your thoughts on this topic, and if there is a topic you would like me to explore, please leave a comment.
If you are struggling with the daily grind and feel alone, a leadership and work-life balance coach like me will help you work through those everyday challenges to continue moving forward to where you want to be.
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As a manager and supervisor, sometimes in our work-life moments, we want to be left alone and don’t want to listen to others at work, yet the other person needs to be heard and understood. We may be tired, exhausted, have deadlines, and want to avoid dealing with one more interruption or problem.
Let’s explore active listening techniques as a way of helping to improve leadership skills. As a manager or supervisor, active listening helps build a healthy working relationship with your boss, co-workers, employees, clients, and customers. Becoming deeply aware of and working on the skill of listening may enhance communication with others in the workplace and your personal life.
Active listening encourages and allows others to speak and convey their wants, objectives, and concerns. Listening and building positive work relationships with employees and others demonstrates engagement and is the core of solid leadership skills.
Active Listening Techniques to Explore:
*Be silent when others are speaking
*Keep an open mind
*Be aware of your body language
*Watch the other person’s body language
*Listen for keywords to understand
*Ask short, direct questions to understand
*Paraphrase what was said and ask if you understood correctly
The intention is to build trust and understanding by listening deeply so your employees open up and discuss their wants, needs, suggestions, and challenges so they can resolve them in the workplace.
What else could you do at work to listen more intently?
How do you feel when people listen to understand?
How does it help the work environment when everyone feels heard?
Practice stopping thinking about what you will say next and be in the moment of listening. You miss connecting with others and learning new things when you are too busy interrupting and expressing your opinion. Active listening is a great way to work on improving relationships. Making these small changes may enhance your relationship with others. Give it a try, and let me know how it went.
I would love your thoughts on this topic, and if there is a topic you would like me to explore, please leave a comment.
If you are struggling with the daily grind and feel alone, a leadership and work-life balance coach like me will help you work through those everyday challenges to continue moving forward to where you want to be.
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