August 18

Somewhere out there, an experienced leader is exhausted by trying to motivate employees who are skilled, but checked out. Their disengagement creates more work: following up on missed deadlines, double-checking deliverables, catching mistakes that shouldn’t happen.

Somewhere out there, employees are doing their best — while caregiving, grieving, or struggling. They’re afraid to say anything, unsure how their manager will respond. They want to show up fully, and they wish someone would ask how they’re really doing.

Consider this:
Sometimes the demands of work and life are too much for any one person to carry. The solution isn’t silence — it’s space for honest, non-threatening conversations.