It can be tough enough to manage your own stress. But how can you, as a manager, help the members of your team handle their feelings of stress, burnout, or disengagement? What can you do to help your team, post the pandemic and as we head into the unknown with the economy? Today on the show, we’re excited to have Elliot Ng, he is going to share his experience and advice on how to manage your team’s anxiety.
Elliot is a digital executive and Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) focusing on transforming careers. His vision is to build many bridges to connect us all in our leadership transformation journey. He helps technology leaders to discover their career visions and guides them to manifest promotions. His professional background helps him decipher between signals and potentials when others see noise and chaos —whether in disorganized operations or poorly functioning teams.
In this episode we discuss:
What an anxious team looks like
Sources of anxiety including personal anxiety and collective anxiety
How anxiety affects the team’s effectiveness
Action steps you can take as a leader /manager to lower the volume of anxiety and reduce reactivity
The bigger goal that you want to achieve as a leader/ manager as a result of managing your team's anxiety