Quick one for the leaders and coaches here.
The trend right now: companies want managers coaching their people. Meanwhile Gallup puts manager engagement at 22%, and 43% of middle managers report burnout. We are asking the most depleted people in the building to develop everyone else.
Here is the part most people miss: the patterns that get someone promoted (perfectionism, saying yes to everything, all or nothing thinking) are often the same ones that burn them out once they are managing. Rest alone does not rewire that. Seeing the pattern does.
If you lead leaders, or you are in the middle of that squeeze yourself: what is one belief about delegation or rest you have had to unlearn in your career, and what replaced it?