10/08/2024

How Leaders Can Give Themselves Grace

Apply the practice of 'humane leadership'

In the past four years, we have experienced many changes in how people work—a global pandemic, the great resignation, quiet quitting, political unrest and so on. Many people are proving they can work from anywhere and be productive. This is great news for most, but the roller coaster of 2020 and beyond comes with a price for top-level executives.

All too often, the CEO and their top executive teams in each organization have been responsible for carrying the "lion's share" of responsibility to keep their organization running and their people safe. It can be lonely at the top, and many CEOs have come to us for coaching to lead to the best of their abilities, no matter what is thrown at them on any given day.

A new report from Businessolver, a provider of benefits and HR technology solutions, revealed that 55 percent of CEOs have experienced a negative mental health issue within the past year — a 24-point jump over 2023 and a level not seen since the pandemic.

Please select this link to read the complete article from CEOWorld Magazine.