What would change if you stopped agreeing to take on everything at work? If you have perfectionist and overachiever tendencies like I do, it’s possible this question has never even occurred to you. In the race to the top, it can feel like everything is urgent and our responsibility. But there’s a better way. A new trend floating around social media recently caught my attention, and it’s called “strategic detachment.” 

In this episode, I take a look at a more thoughtful approach to workload management and delegation, especially as it applies to team leaders. The professional landscape is transforming so rapidly in so many ways—this might just be the trend we need to survive 2026.

Hop off the overachieving hamster wheel and onto your true career trajectory. Tune in to learn:

• The unintended consequences leaders create when they won’t step back;
• What strategic detachment really means (and what it doesn’t);
• Why you might need to examine your fear to avoid burning out.

Related Links:

• Episode 403, How First-Time Managers Can Embrace Coaching - https://www.bossedup.org/podcast/episode403
• Episode 368, What Quiet Quitting Can Help…or Hurt - https://www.bossedup.org/podcast/episode368
• LEVEL UP: a Leadership Accelerator for Women on the Rise - https://www.bossedup.org/levelup
• Bossed Up Courage Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/927776673968737/
• Bossed Up LinkedIn Group - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/7071888/

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