I came across this article by the Harvard Business Journal about helping your team with burnout when in fact you're burned out. I found it interesting because it can be tough to be a leader and be present for others when you yourself want to give up and crawl back into bed.
So I ask the group, how can you be present for others when the entire team (including yourself) are going through a rough patch?
In my opinion, chatting (not about work) over lunch always feels like a refresher and a stress reliever.
I like the idea of sharing a gif! I will definitely be sharing this with my team. :)
That gif idea is super cute and clever.
It is hard to do - but tell your team you are feeling less than 100% but you are still there for them.
Encourage your team to find a way to express the stress of the situation AND get on with their day-to-day job. One place I worked was going through a restructure and we got "permission" to have extra meetings to talk about the impacts of the proposal within our teams separate form the meetings with managers. This was a significant step for the organisation that was usually very strict about the amount of time spent on billable tasks.