We are all tired of firefighting! Aren't you?

Your team's latest crisis handling got praised in the leadership meeting. But nobody saw what it really cost: the missed family dinner, the midnight emails, the constant anxiety of waiting for the next fire to fight. When someone asks "What's new with your team?" in a leadership meeting, we've been conditioned to have stories ready: The crisis we just averted.The impossible deadline we hit.The client emergency we solved. We share these stories because that's what gets noticed. That's what...