Overcoming The Guilt Cycle: How Your Instinct to Protect Your Team Is Failing Them

S1E39 - Overcoming The Guilt Cycle: How Your Instinct to Protect Your Team Is Failing Them

Published: May 4, 2026

Duration: 9:32

A managing director I coached cancelled his entire day of appointments to serve a client on-site, convinced he was protecting his already-stretched team. When he told them what he had done, they were furious.

Guilt Is Not Virtue – It Is a Sign Your Identity Needs to Catch Up

The guilt you feel when you delegate, when you leave space in your calendar, or when you let someone else handle something you could do faster yourself – that guilt is not proof you are a good person. It is the gap between your curr...