Coaching Points

Did you know, that the highest rate of burnout occurs with middle-managers? In fact just last year, a record 43% of middle managers surveyed said they were burned out... 

If you manage for long enough, you'll lead through a recession. And one's likely coming! But a recession is not the end of the world. 

High achievers hold themselves accountable to higher “personal standards”.  But here's the problem - A lot of people confuse 'standards' with 'desire'...

The World Health Organization is worried about burnout, and you should be, too. They define burnout, as “chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed.” And research shows that 59% of American workers are experiencing at least moderate levels of burnout... 

In a recession, things are going to change. And change always meets resistance... 

Some employees can be very demanding, and when they're high performers, you might feel like you have to put up with their aggressive behavior...

A “servant leader” operates in a way that makes people “less dependent” on their leadership, while a “hero leader” operates in a way that makes people “more dependent” on their leadership.

You can’t just dismiss a negative thought. If something’s bothering you, it will keep gnawing away at you until you replace it with another thought. This is a psychological principle known as the “Law of Substitution”.  

“Leadership” is the process of influencing behavior, but an employee’s “behavior” is a choice that they get to make. Not you! 

Charles Darwin said that it's not the “strongest of species” that survives, nor the “most intelligent”. It's the one that is “most adaptable to change"...