When something hard happens in your life, the instinct is to keep working at full speed so nobody else has to carry your load. Leaders who handle these stretches well tell their team what's going on, lighten their workload for a while, and ask for help when they genuinely need it.

Sarah goes solo to work through what to do when a long day, a loved one's illness, or a family crisis lowers what you can take on, drawing on three recent stories, including a day of early school drop-offs, a late doctor's appointment, and a promised trip to the store with her son.

In This Episode, You'll Learn

  • Why a long day or a loved one's illness really does lower what you can take on

  • What happens to your decisions and your health when you push past your limits

  • How your team ends up fixing work you did while overstretched

  • Why asking for help can be a gift to the people around you

  • How to adjust your schedule and expectations to match what you can handle right now

Who This Episode Is For

• Nonprofit leaders going through a hard stretch at home who still want to lead well.

• Executive directors who would rather carry everything than ask their team for help.

• Leaders who want to support a team member through a difficult season.

Links from this episode

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Connect with Sarah:

• Sarah Olivieri's website

• Sarah Olivieri's Substack publication

About Your Host, Sarah Olivieri

Bold, strategic, and refreshingly human…

Sarah Olivieri is the go-to expert for conversations on aligned leadership, outcome delegation, and sustainable growth.
She brings wit, warmth, and real-world wisdom to mission-driven founders, visionary CEOs, and change-makers who want more clarity, more joy, and more results.

Most leaders hit a wall when success depends on them holding it all together.

Sarah helps them change that by redefining leadership around outcomes instead of activity, empowering teams to own results that scale and freeing leaders to focus on the vision that drives them.

A former director of three nonprofits and founder of five businesses, she has a rare ability to spot opportunity where others see chaos, shift stuck patterns, and build organizations that support both legacy and life.

Sarah leads with the same mindset that made her an award-winning sailor: iterate on what works, stay focused in the storm, and never forget the joy of the journey.

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