This presentation is for leaders who are overwhelmed at work and feeling overly responsible for managing their teams and taking care of their families.
Overfunctioning is a concept introduced by Murray Bowen, a pioneering psychologist who observed that some women and men take more responsibility in their families than their husbands/wives/partners, and can get caught doing more and more, while the other person does less and less. Each individual resents the other for not carrying his/her weight or for taking over too much, yet the lopsided dynamic stubbornly continues. This is common in the workplace, too, where leaders incorrectly believe that they are supposed to be heroes, to have all the answers, and to motivate and protect their staff.
During this thought-provoking presentation, you will learn the concrete steps you can take to stop overfunctioning so that the underfunctioners in your life can step up and take more responsibility—at work and at home.
