Today's episode is for you, if burnout is on your radar - whether it's for yourself, or whether it's for team members. If you've found it almost impossible to get people to 'hit the ground running' in January, this episode is going to guide you through:

• How to spot the warning signs
• Why most of what we're doing to prevent burnout at work is back-to-front, accidentally fixing the wrong thing
• And practical things you can do today, to turn this around

Resources from this episode:

• Burnout risk scorecard - get your score and personalised action plan - free - here now
• Burnout & Imposter Syndrome white paper
• Book a call to discuss how I can support your organisation in truly preventing burnout

Join In The Conversation:

Here's where we're talking about this episode, over on LinkedIn.

One of the things I'm asked most often by leaders, at the end of a keynote, is how to bring up the subject of Imposter Syndrome with a colleague or team member - and then what to do to help them.

It's so easy to freeze, or talk ourselves out of broaching it, or worry that the other person will react badly, or that we won't know what to say or do next...

... So we avoid it. And that leaves the person stuck. It perpetuates the taboo. And we feel bad, because we wanted to make a difference.

So in today's Soul Led Leaders podcast episode I'm going to share with you what you can do, mistakes to avoid, and how to find out what to do to move beyond 'tea and sympathy' if you've got it right and the person wants help.

In today's episode of the Soul Led Leaders podcast, you'll discover:

• Why we bottle it!
• The risks of getting it wrong
• The two things you must (I don't use that word lightly!) do, before you take that deep breath and leap in
• How to start the conversation
• The five super-common mistakes to avoid
• And how to actually help the person to turn things around

Show notes and the gift PDF training I mention are here: soulledleaders.fm/27/

As people are heading back into the office, bringing with them the impact of 18+ months of chronic stress, anxiety, and burnout warning signs, there has never been a more important time to proactively support mental health in the workplace.

In fact, in the near future, UK employers will be required to take action to create a culture that supports psychological and emotional wellbeing.

But is training up Mental Health First-Aiders enough? And why might that be leaving things too late?

In this episode of the Soul-Led Leaders podcast, you'll discover:

• Why Mental Health First-Aiders are a great initiative
• But how these MHFAs are having their remit stretched beyond what is safe
• What's missing from most organisations' mental health strategies
• How the three pillars of burnout unlock the key to preventing the vast majority of mental health crises
• And the one question that all employers need to ask themselves, to figure out what to do next

Show notes and resources are at https://www.soulledleaders.fm/26/

Imposter Syndrome First-Aider training can be found here: https://www.clarejosa.com/firstaider/

Do you feel like you're running on empty, and that nothing seems to top up your batteries any more? Is it getting harder to concentrate and easier to make mistakes?

Do you find your fuse is shorter than ever and that smaller things are stressing you out? And if one more person tells you to be resilient they might find that the 'bouncing back' is at the end of your virtual fist? You are not alone!

In this episode of the Soul Led Leaders podcast you'll discover why, far from being the antidote to burnout, classic resilience actually causes it, and the five-step solution we need, instead.

• What burnout is - and what it isn't
• Why it's not a sign of weakness
• The three pillars of burnout
• The problem with classic resilience and why it's not the antidote to burnout
• Insider secret: how classic resilience causes burnout
• Why the opposite of being burnt out is not turning into a couch potato
• The five-step solution we need instead

Show notes & additional resources: www.ClareJosa.com/soulledleaders/25/

Joanna is a champion of the cause to remove 'extraversion bias' from organisations. She has seen first-hand how it can undermine engagement, productivity and performance, as well as impacting mental health.

In her interview, she'll be covering the myths about introversion and why this is so vital for hybrid working, how to include introverts naturally, and how to enable introverts to play to their strengths.

• The myths and misconceptions around introversion
• A tale of two lockdowns
• Understanding what hybrid means to different personality types and why they will have preferences
• What we can do to make the working environment introvert-friendly
• We've got to stop judging introverts!
• Avoiding FOMO with team building
• Brilliant battery boosters for hybrid-working introverts

Show notes & additional resources: http://www.clarejosa.com/soulledleaders/24/

HR Directors are telling me that burnout is one of their biggest concerns for the rest of 2021. Companies are trying everything from wellbeing days to free mindfulness app subscriptions to beanbags in meeting rooms, but they're not seeing results.

In this episode, you'll discover why. And what we need to be doing, instead.

Today's Soul Led Leaders episode is taken from a masterclass I ran in June 2021 and in it you will learn:

• 5 hidden ways that Imposter Syndrome leads to burnout - and how to spot the early warning signs
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• Why the 'bridge of coping strategies' approach falls apart in times of change - and what you need to be doing instead
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• Clare's favourite 'Emergency Quick Fix' strategy to help you to reset your stress response in under sixty seconds
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• Why 'resilience' is such a dirty word - one that makes your teams want to throw rotten tomatoes at you
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• How Clare's 5-step Natural Resilience Method™ can slash stress levels, boost confidence, and prevent burnout, in ways that are fast, fun and forever

And I can't wait to hear what your 'next 24 hour action' is - all will become clear!

Show notes and additional resources: www.clarejosa.com/soulledleaders/23/

A senior consultant specialising in internal communications and managing change, Annique Simpson is passionate about creating true inclusion by helping make sure we "listen with the intention of taking action".

In this inspirational interview, she shares the practicalities of how to do this, as a leader or line manager, how to avoid the common pitfalls, and how to make sure people don't feel they have to vote with their feet, to make their voice heard. We're talking about:

What We Cover In This Interview:

• Who is really controlling the hybrid employee experience
• The vital importance of employee voice - and how to hear it
• How leadership's priority needs to be engaging with employees to design in work-life balance
• How to connect with people who aren't in the building
• How to predict and avoid the unintended consequences of decisions

Shownotes and more: http://www.clarejosa.com/soulledleaders/22/

Wondering how to keep your hybrid team motivated, when they feel like ships-in-the-night?

Or how to build consensus on what hybrid working should look like when everyone has different needs?

Or how to build flexibility into your leadership style, so you can inspire your team to get results, no matter what is going on, without leaving them feeling burnt out?

Join me for this interview with Jenny Ainsworth, Leadership And Motivation Consultant. In this inspirational session, we cover:

• What does it take to inspire and motivate a team, without turning into 'Tigger'?
• What is a 'team charter'? And how why is it an essential element of the shift to hybrid working?
• How can you help team members to feel involved and heard, rather than resentful at hybrid decisions being 'imposed'?
• What is the absolute key to leading a highly motivated team?
• What are Jenny's 'three little words' which need to form the heart of all leadership decisions?

Show notes and further resources: http://www.clarejosa.com/soulledleaders/21/

Want to know how to handle difficult conversations, when you're not in a room together? Or how to communicate your return-to-the-office policies without triggering people job-hunting? Or how to prevent the conflict that's looming for two of the hottest - and most-ignored - topics that are facing offices? In today's Lockdown Leadership Conference interview with award-winning mediator, Marie Coombes, we're talking about:

Creating Change Without Conflict And Handling Difficult Conversations To

Deepen Connections

What We'll Cover In This Interview:

• What are difficult conversations?
• What's the current big topic that workplaces are avoiding, and how will that trigger problems?
• How can virtual leaders manage those who want to stay home-working vs those who want to come back full time?
• Strategies for communicating properly to avoid conflict
• Managing upwards – raising difficult topics with your manager
• What's the next big topic that we need to proactively handle, to avoid creating a two-tier workforce?

Show notes and additional resources: www.clarejosa.com/soulledleaders/20/

Sue Phillips knows her stuff when it comes to creativity and innovation. As Ipsos MORI's Global Head For Insight, she has needed to lead teams, worldwide, during the pandemic to keep innovating and making a difference for their clients.

In this inspirational interview, Sue shares what she has learned about consciously creating innovation in remote meetings, how to design your organisation's hybrid working framework, and how to avoid FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) making your star performers leave.

What you'll learn in this episode:

• What have you and your teams learned about fostering creativity and innovation during pandemic remote working and how will you be running that with hybrid working?
• What is your advice for handling hybrid meetings, with some people in the room and some not?
• How can we be making the most of our time in the office together? (i.e. not just schlepping the laptop into the office to do what we could have done at home)
• How do we make sure that hybrid working is fair and doesn’t discriminate against any particular group, e.g. working mothers of school-aged children?
• ​"You can't build a team on Zoom" - what can we be doing instead?

Shownotes here: http://www.clarejosa.com/soulledleaders/19/

Catch each interview in the #MakingHybridWork Lockdown Leadership Conference: www.MakingHybridWork.com