Why Gen X Women Struggle So Much With Support

As a driven entrepreneur, you likely pride yourself on being self-reliant and handling everything on your own. Yet, deep down, you know that to grow your business and thrive, you need to lean on your team more. In this episode of Leadership is Feminine, host Kris Plachy explores the challenge many Gen X women entrepreneurs face: asking for and accepting support.

Raised with a strong sense of independence, you might struggle to delegate, and when others fall short, it's tempting to just do it yourself. But what if, instead of rescuing everyone, you could guide them—and in the process, free up your own time and energy?

Kris shares her strategies on maintaining emotional balance when dealing with disappointments, and how to guide others through their errors, instead of rescuing them. She encourages us to assess situations pragmatically, rather than letting our emotional tolerance dictate our response to setbacks.

As you tune into this episode, discover a new leadership mindset that fosters support, maturity and growth. You won't want to miss out on Kris’s guidance on how to accept and cultivate support and step out of managing and into leading, as the visionary you are.

“‘No one can do it better than me.’ That is the most painful lie you're telling yourself. And who cares if they can't do it better than you or as well as you? You know what they can do? They can do it well, and they can do it well based on their brain, as long as your results are specific.”

Key Takeaways From This Episode

1. Understanding Gen X Female Entrepreneurs: The struggle to accept help due to the innate need for independence.

2. The Problem with Self-Reliance: The high bar set for others while simultaneously experiencing exhaustion of trying to do it all.

3. Allowing Employees to Make Mistakes: Understanding that employees will inevitably make mistakes, taking on their responsibilities will not make it any easier.

4. Managing Emotional Response to Mistakes: The need for flexible thinking and being able to objectively assess problems.

5. Leading through Others’ Mistakes: The need for leaders to guide their employees through the resolution process of their mistakes rather than fixing it themselves

To Listen to the Gen-X Women Founders Mini Series

• Part 1: “GenX Women Founders: A Generation of Leaders that is Changing the World”

• Part 2: “The Sandwich Generation: How Gen X Women Balance Business, Family, and Aging Parent”

• Part 3: “GenX Women Founders: Confronting Imposter Syndrome in Gen X Women's Leadership”

• Part 4: “Gen X Women Founders: How Can WE of All Women on the Planet, Be Afraid of Change?”

• Part 5: “Gen X Women Founders: Our Collective Emotional Load”

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