Your Organization Doesn’t Need You as Much as You Think

Every summer, I have the same conversation. I ask a leader why they haven't taken two weeks off; the answer is never about them.

It's about everyone else. Nobody can make the call. The clients only want me. The team isn't ready yet. Those answers sound reasonable, and they usually describe something real. They are almost never the actual reason.

The actual reason is that being needed feels good; a company that runs fine without you takes that feeling away. So, leaders protect the dependence and file it under staffing. It is the most socially acceptable excuse in business, because it sounds like a complaint.

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