Don't dwell on feelings of overwhelm, letting them knock you off course! Dealing with the overwhelm effectively is less about managing time and tasks, and more about managing our thoughts and emotions. Learn to handle your teams complicated feelings, thoughts, and emotions.

“How can I be a better leader and motivate my team during COVID?” Is the number one question in my inbox at the moment.

From those just getting their seat at the table, to the ones having led their teams for decades, they all find themselves in this new unfamiliar territory.

I’ll tell you what I tell them…

“Stay patient, or take the next best offer?” he kept asking himself. After all, these were crucial decisions, at a critical juncture in his career, and he needed to make the next several years count, he kept telling himself. He was a successful start-up executive with two impressive stints at well-known, venture-backed companies over the last decade plus. Yet, he found himself in unfamiliar territory. An uncertain space. What to do. Where to go next.