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EP20 - Leadership Insights: From Burnout in Healthcare to Esprit de Corps

I've seen too many brilliant healthcare professionals hit that wall of emotional exhaustion, and today I want to talk about why it happens and how we can turn it around with something powerful called esprit de corps.

In this episode of Healthcare Leadership Conversations Insights, I share the stark reality of burnout: the passion that fades to nothing, the cynicism that creeps in, and the depersonalisation that makes it hard to connect.

What You'll Discover

- Burnout's Real Face: The emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and depersonalisation hitting healthcare workers hard and why it's a system problem, not a personal failing.

- Three Keys to Recovery: How giving people agency, coherence, and camaraderie can rebuild passion and purpose in even the toughest environments.

- Esprit de Corps in Action: The "common spirit" that inspires devotion and loyalty and why it's the antidote to burnout we all need right now.

This episode is a lifeline for anyone quietly battling burnout or leading a team on the brink - esprit de corps isn't some distant ideal, it's something we can build together, and it has the power to transform how we show up for each other in healthcare.

Episode Resources

Commonwealth Fund 2025 International Health Policy Survey of Primary Care Physicians (10 countries)

NHS Staff Survey National Results Briefing 2024

Mayo Clinic Swensen, S. & Shanafelt, T. (2020). Mayo Clinic Strategies to Reduce Burnout: 12 Actions to Create the Ideal Workplace. Mayo Clinic Scientific Press

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Baverstock, A. & Molyneux, P. (2025). 'Kindness in Leadership: Moving the Dialogue from Productivity to Engagement.' BMJ Leader Journal

Lorna Breen Foundation ALL IN: Caring for Caregivers programme. Dr Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation

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EP26 - How to Lead Meetings That Matter in Healthcare using the IMPACT Model from Authentic Gravitas

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23 Huhti 31min

EP25 - Leadership Insights: Book Club - Authentic Gravitas

I want to start this episode with a question that really made me pause. Have you ever been in a room where someone just has that presence? They don’t dominate, they don’t raise their voice, but someho...

16 Huhti 20min

EP24 - Actionable Solutions: Reframing Responsibility in Pet-to-Threat ™

I’ve been thinking a lot about the response to last week’s episode, because the number of messages that came in really said something. So many of you said the same thing. “I didn’t know it had a name…...

9 Huhti 14min

EP23 - Unveiling the Pet-to-Threat ™ Phenomenon in Healthcare

I had one of those moments reading recently where something just clicks and you can’t unsee it.In this episode, I unpack the Pet-to-Threat™ phenomenon, a concept I came across through Dr Uché Blacksto...

2 Huhti 18min

EP22 - Shaping Organisational Culture: What Healthcare Can Learn from a Business School

I’ve been thinking a lot about organisational culture lately, especially in healthcare, where the stakes are so high and the pressures never seem to let up.In this episode, I explore what healthcare c...

26 Maalis 16min

EP21 - Teaming in Healthcare: How Dynamic Collaboration Saves Lives

I’ve been thinking a lot about healthcare teams recently, especially the ones I’m privileged to work with that function incredibly well under pressure.In this episode of Healthcare Leadership Conversa...

19 Maalis 18min

EP19 - Leadership Insights: The Power of Personal Boardrooms in Healthcare

Leadership can feel incredibly lonely at times, especially in healthcare where the stakes are so high - I've felt it myself, and I know many of you have too.In this episode, I share why that isolation...

5 Helmi 12min