Is the way I'm leading still sustainable?

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Subject: Is the way I'm leading still sustainable?

Is the way I'm leading still sustainable?

Success doesn’t have to require the level of sacrifice you may have come to accept as normal.

Hey Friend

Burnout is a big topic for me. It’s personal, and it’s something I continue to work with leaders on.

One of the things that makes burnout so dangerous is that you can still be functioning well on the outside while becoming more and more depleted and exhausted on the inside.

I recall my own experiences of this where my body was giving me some really strong signals that something wasn’t right (i.e. skin flaking off, chronic gut issues), yet I kept going.

I got up every morning, put on my positive attitude and a smile on my face and got things done. I never stopped performing.

Looking back, I was still functioning but I was really unwell.

Burnout arrives through the accumulation of a number of things (workload being one of the biggest), it happens through a thousand tiny compromises we make.

One late night here, a cancelled gym workout there. Another thing I'm given responsibility for, in addition to my existing workload. A comment about busy being normal and expected from a leader. A missed dinner with my kids.

It all adds up.

The first stage of preventing burnout is awareness.

It's about noticing your energy levels, your frustration, resentment, irritability or your ability to switch off outside of work. It's about noticing what's disappeared from your calendar and the justifications you've created.

Once you have the awareness you can then ask yourself: what is the ultimate cost of all the compromises and sacrifices I've made up to this point in my career?

Being successful in your leadership career doesn't have to involve compromise or sacrifice, at least not at the level you've come to know. It simply involves a new approach, where you evolve as your role and your life evolves.

It involves getting clearer on your workload, using more choice, strengthening your connections, checking your alignment and making sure you’re recovering from the demands of leadership.

Based on a lot of academic research on burnout, along with my own experience, I have created the Leadership Sustainability Check-In to help you build more awareness and choice.

It’s a free reflection resource that explores across five areas: Workload, Choice, Connection, Alignment and Recovery. It will help you track and notice where pressure is building and where you may have more options than you realise.

Download it here.

Pay attention while you still have choices.

Shelley 😁

Shelley Flett

Leadership Trainer, Facilitator & Coach | Shelley Flett Pty Ltd

M: 0407 522 888 | E: shelley@shelleyflett.com | W: shelleyflett.com

You don't need to walk away from your career, you need to evolve how you lead so it works for YOU and YOUR life.

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Subject: Is the way I'm leading still sustainable?

Is the way I'm leading still sustainable?

Success doesn’t have to require the level of sacrifice you may have come to accept as normal.