Look To Your External Team.
To avoid the pitfalls of carrying the world on your shoulders, you also need support from people outside the company to get through it. Your external support team cares about you personally and is far less inclined to judge your actions in the company. Although they lack detailed facts, people you know will can provide insights and advice you don’t get from insiders.
By the time you are facing a crisis, it is too late to form your support team. The time to do so is when things are going smoothly. These people can then know you well, and you feel confident you can count on them when the going gets rough.
Your support team starts with having one person in your life with whom you can be completely open, honest, and vulnerable.
~ Bill George, 7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis