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How teams can address chronic overcommitment without appearing weak

Our team has this pattern where we commit to ambitious deadlines in client meetings and then scramble to deliver and everyone acts like this is just how agencies work but I think we're burning people out and I don't know if bringing it up makes me look uncommitted to excellence.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Your team keeps overpromising and burning out, and speaking up feels like you don't care about the work.

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