Every day, team leaders face a growing challenge that doesn’t appear in standard leadership training manuals: managing teams where a majority of employees are also caregivers for aging family members.
The caregiving crisis is creating ripple effects across the workplace:
- Unplanned Absences: Care emergencies leave teams understaffed, disrupting workflows and creating frustration.
- Scheduling Struggles: Balancing workloads becomes a puzzle with shifting availability.
- Workplace Tension: Resentment can grow when team members feel unsupported or perceive caregiving flexibility as unfair.
- Leadership Stress: Team leaders feel overwhelmed and unprepared, often lacking the skills to coach employees through these challenges.
The result? Decreased productivity, burnout, and an erosion of trust across the team.
Team Leader Training to Combat the Workforce Caregiving Crisis
But it doesn’t have to be this way. At CareWise Solutions, we’ve seen firsthand how education can transform these dynamics:
Leaders learn how to identify caregiving stressors early and address them proactively, fostering a culture of understanding and collaboration.
Teams discover strategies to adjust schedules equitably without compromising performance goals.
Employees gain the tools to balance work and caregiving effectively, reducing absenteeism and improving engagement.
One powerful example: After completing our program, a manager shared how their team’s weekly check-ins shifted from being complaint-driven to solution-oriented. The education gave leaders the confidence to open up honest conversations about caregiving challenges, enabling the team to plan ahead and support one another more effectively.
We also include FREE access to the Caring Place HUB with our education programs. This platform equips employees and leaders with curated resources, real-time support for caregiving crises, and tools to maintain productivity and well-being at work.
The question is: Are your team leaders ready to handle the collision of work and caregiving with confidence?
Let’s work together to ensure they are. Reach out to learn how our programs can transform your work environment and position your teams to thrive in the face of this demographic shift.
Contact Jeannette Galvanek at info@CareWiseSolutions.org to set up a learning session for your organization.
Let’s build stronger teams together.
