If all around you is stress, chances are you aren’t shipping much.
Chances are you’re behind, you’re not on time and nothing is helping you move forward.
It’s not for lack of effort, but rather because you’re focused on leading only one thing – stress.
But, you can’t lead stress.
You can manage stress – you can mitigate it, break it down, isolate its touch points, figure out what is causing it, and adjust from there.
But you can’t lead it, no one starts off leading stress.
This is where a manager helps the leader manage the stress to that the leadership can happen (if you’re wearing both hats, this is where you switch roles).
