Your team member is stressed about tight project deadlines. How can you support them effectively?
When project pressures mount, effective support can make all the difference. To help your team member:
How do you help colleagues handle deadline pressure? Share your strategies.
Your team member is stressed about tight project deadlines. How can you support them effectively?
When project pressures mount, effective support can make all the difference. To help your team member:
How do you help colleagues handle deadline pressure? Share your strategies.
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Working from a space of worry and rushing will likely not be the most conducive approach. Fight and flight responses are typically activated which affect performance. I would recommend: -Inviting the team to practice a brief guided 3-5min mindfulness activity to help reground and add calm. -Then from the space of mindfulness- reassess and reprioritize efforts to activities that are necessary. -Focus efforts on highest yield actions. -Remove any obvious time waste activities and those that are no longer needed. -Use chunks of focus work with timers and turn off all notifications. -Follow this by Breaks.
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Well for tight project deadlines what I do myself and with my team members; - Define effort and impact matrix, define tasks that matter the most and make you move towards the goal faster - Talk to team members in breaks and share feedback in a light tone - Have a light talk and mindfulness work done - Do tasks with team members not to spoon feed but assist them to move faster
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Such an important topic! In my experience, it’s often the small, consistent actions that make the biggest impact during high-pressure situations. Beyond offering practical help, I’ve found that setting clear priorities with the team can reduce overwhelm - focusing on what must be done vs. what can wait. Also, I like to remind colleagues (and myself!) that it’s okay to ask for help. Creating an environment where people feel supported rather than judged can turn a stressful deadline into an opportunity for collaboration and learning.
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These tips are spot on, starting with creating space for a conversation. We want to understand the areas of struggle to see if we can offer support or guidance while also giving them room to just vent their feelings. That verbal vomit— or release, can be incredibly freeing, even if it doesn’t change the timeline or expectations. It’s a powerful way to feel acknowledged, hear your thoughts out loud, and maybe even reassess your expectations in the process. But it all starts with a simple question: "Tell me what’s going on?" or "What’s taking up the most time for you right now?"
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