My manager (Head of level) gave me feedback that my team where OVER performing and suggested that I was working my team too hard because we are exceeding ALL targets and have been for a while. My peers teams are not performing. He did not seem to accept all the work I've put into training, targets, incentives, meetings and hiring and that maybe thats why we are killing it. He referenced 2 years ago someone in my team quit due to stress that was not fully work related. 2 years ago!! advice pls?

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This is the toughest lesson I had to learn - overperforming can create problems the same way underperforming can. Negative working environment (both within teams and from outside), pressure to maintain performance over and over. Learn to sandbag it - lengthen your pipelines a little (if you can), or encourage (reward?) your team to take it easy.

For your own sake, set your goals to continue to over perform, but cap it (if you’re hitting 110%, hit the brakes at 105).

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This honestly sounds like somebody came to him and started whining about either your raises or your performance ratings. But I do understand the concern for burnout.
Keep in mind first this will be “this is so unfair“, then it will be how are you doing it? If none of your peers in other areas have bothered to ask you how you’re getting all this work done be aware that’s coming. But I would absolutely take the advice of if you’re at 110% cut back to 105%.

I would see if it’s possible to give your team a little bit more breaks, if possible, during the holidays. They won’t forget that, you can start there.
Reassess after first quarter and see what the new numbers if implemented in January, look like and how it feels on your team.

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