Ep#200 You're Trying to Control The Wrong Thing

It's vital to know that you can have great success after burnout, since burnout comes with an extra dose of despair. So I'm going to say it here: If professional burnout is your main problem, you can...

3 Aug 202313min

The first step in burnout recovery can be daunting. Many men have no idea if, or how, burnout can be fixed - and facing the prospect of talking about what they see as a failing isn't very appealling. ...

27 Jul 202329min

Do you want your career to grow this year? In these times of interest rate hikes, escalating cost of living and widespread job loss - you can protect your career and finances, even if you are curren...

20 Jul 20238min

You may have discovered that from the dark trenches of burnout, a new work role often looks very seductive. However, all is not as it seems. If you are exhausted and frustrated to the extent of burno...

13 Jul 202324min

Getting new habits to stick can be a challenge(!), so here are some excellent tweaks to make habit-forming as close to effortless as it gets! Starting small and easy, with plenty of reward, turns out...

6 Jul 202320min

As leaders, we might be tempted to ..ahem.. over-manage our teams, but in fact the greatest success is much more likely to come from teaching them to self-manage and letting their collective creative...

29 Jun 202321min

Cait Donovan has just written a paper on ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) and burnout, so we talk here about that and her extensive experience as a Burnout Coach. Cait also shares her methods of b...

22 Jun 202340min

Anxiety is the main axis around which all the other symptoms of burnout revolve and it's especially so for leaders, whose distress might be amplified by the distress of the people they lead. Many of...

15 Jun 202318min