Leadership Coaching for Team Support: Prioritize Self-Care First!

Abstract

Self-care quickly became a buzzword for health care workers during the recent pandemic. Strategies to improve self-care and build resiliency for our first-line workers were often seen in the literature or as topics at conferences and webinars. One strategy that was missing was the importance of leaders to be self-care role models for our employees. Just as leaders need to role model the organization's values, they also need to role model self-care so employees can follow their example and be assured that their leader views self-care as important. Leadership coaching must now include self-care as a strategy to improve not only the leader's mental, physical, and emotional health but also the health and wellness of their team as well as the entire organization.