Credit: Klawe Rzeczy
Careers
Honest Boss: “I don’t have the energy to motivate my team – does that make me a bad manager?”
3 years ago
2 min read
When budgets are tight and the workload is heavy, it can be hard to motivate a team under pressure. Here, The Honest Boss advises a manager on ways she can still lead effectively
“I’m a middle manager in a relatively small company. I run a team of seven brilliantly talented people who I really respect and enjoy working with, but the company has been through a particularly turbulent patch which means our hard work hasn’t paid off with any tangible rewards for the workforce – no promotions, pay freezes and quite a few resignations in other teams. I understand their frustration because I’m frustrated too. And yet, I’m expected by my seniors to keep momentum, increase output and put more pressure on an already exhausted team. But if I don’t have the energy to do it, how can I expect them to?”
Alessia, 34, publishing
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