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In Trying Times, Empathy Should Prevail
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Teach managers to empathize, even when their hair is on fire.
Teach managers to empathize, even when their hair is on fire.
Fri Mar 31 2023
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VUCA stands for volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity, and it describes the world we live in today—a situation of constant, unpredictable change that is now the norm in most of the business world. Lingering effects of the pandemic, fears of a recession, climate change, political instability, inflation, personal and financial pressures, and microaggressions are all powerful external factors that, on top of the pressures of the job, put immense stress on employees at all levels. Managers, however, have the added burden of dealing with those stressors within their teams and in their own lives.
VUCA stands for volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity, and it describes the world we live in today—a situation of constant, unpredictable change that is now the norm in most of the business world. Lingering effects of the pandemic, fears of a recession, climate change, political instability, inflation, personal and financial pressures, and microaggressions are all powerful external factors that, on top of the pressures of the job, put immense stress on employees at all levels. Managers, however, have the added burden of dealing with those stressors within their teams and in their own lives.
