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For frontline caregivers, emotions have run high during the pandemic: anxiety about getting the virus and then exposing their families; fear of being re-deployed to jobs they had not previously done to treat a disease they’ve never seen; grief about the loss of patients, family members or colleagues; sadness about those who have lost their jobs or been furloughed. While we have seen the remarkable support for health care workers pouring in from communities across the country, less visible has been what leaders are doing within their own organizations to help their physicians, nurses, and the entire workforce cope.