Hey, it's Rachel Cook, your modern mentor. I'm the founder of Lead Above Noise, where we help

leaders activate performance without sacrificing humanity. This month, we're diving deep into burnout.

What's really causing it, how we're failing to fix it, and what we can finally start to do

differently to change the tide. This is part two of a four-part

series, and today we're talking about the impossible job that we have handed managers and why it's

time to rewrite the role. Before we dig in, if you've already seen burnout happening on your team,

or you're feeling it in your own bones, head over to

leadabovenoise.com forward slash burnout. You'll find tools, workshops, and ways to bring this

conversation into your organization in a way that actually sticks. So I'm getting ready to ship

my first kiddo off to college in a few months, which has me tripping down memory lane, you know,

looking at old picks. It's funny, but in so many of the shots when my girls were tiny,

you know what wasn't tiny? The bag I used to carry with me, you know, the one full of diapers

and snacks and toys and sweaters, because it was my job to protect them from all the forms of discomfort,

the hunger, the cold, the boredom. Today, though, I don't even carry a bag most days. I've got

apple pay and a chapstick in my pocket, and I'm good to go. And I feel lighter. I move easier

through the world. It's not my job anymore to carry all their stuff.

They're big kids.

They can manage their needs, and I trust that they'll ask for my help when they need it.

Which brings us to you, managers, people leaders, because I'm talking to leaders every day

who are carrying loads both too heavy and frankly not theirs to carry.

Every day, I hear leaders say things like,

yeah, I haven't told my team about this yet.

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