"I have to first take care of myself to be then able to work through it with everyone else," Lai said. She added that it helps to talk with other middle managers within your company who might have the "missing puzzle piece that [you've] been trying to figure out." As a middle manager, prioritizing self-care is crucial for effectively supporting your team.
"You can be influential, but you cannot actually control other people's behavior - your team members' or your leaders'," she said. "Therapy and coaching can be helpful with recognizing and tolerating this." Understanding your limitations is vital in managing stress and preventing burnout.
"This is especially useful for very critical changes, or changes that create a sense of loss for your teams," she said. Laura Gallaher emphasizes the importance of having executives communicate decisions to alleviate the pressure on middle managers to mediate situations alone.
"The environment that I was in was causing the anxiety, and going back into that environment would have led me to the exact same place of burnout," Maison said. Recognizing when a job is unhealthy is key to personal well-being.
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