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Are Your Behaviours Contributing to Burnout in Your Organisation?
A question for you to consider – are your behaviours contributing to the burnout of people in your organisation? It’s a powerful question to reflect on. Most leaders I work with care deeply and role-model plenty of positives, but often there are a couple of small habits that quietly send the opposite signal. How Leaders
Why We Must Pause To Progress
Last week was a phenomenal one – events in Nottingham, Bradford, and then Edinburgh. At one of these events, I spoke to a woman who told me the most valuable thing she does when she’s stressed or overwhelmed is to stop. Pause encourages progress. It’s not procrastination or avoidance; it’s a way to cut noise
The Paradox of the Self-Neglecting Leader
If you care deeply about your people, it stands to reason you’d care just as much for yourself… right? Too often, the opposite is true. Some of the most committed leaders, CEOs, CPOs, CHROs, founders, and senior managers regularly put their own wellbeing at the bottom of the list. That’s the paradox of the self-neglecting
In Divisive Times, Look for Commonality
Continuing with the theme of managing overwhelm, this week, I want to share another idea that can reduce stress when you’re feeling overloaded: looking for commonality. Last week, I talked about the importance of adopting a paradox mindset. This is the ability to hold two opposing truths at once, for example, that things can be
Easing Overwhelm with a Paradox Mindset This World Mental Health Day
World Mental Health Day is on the 10th of October 2025, and this year’s theme is ‘access to services – mental health in catastrophes and emergencies’. When the drumbeat of difficult news and global events starts to drown everything else out, it can feel overwhelming. This year’s theme highlights the importance of being able to
Book Launch Day! Sustain: Mastering the High-Performance Paradox
Hi, it’s Leanne, and today’s a special one. My fourth book, Sustain: Mastering the High-Performance Paradox, is officially published today! To celebrate the launch, I have a very exciting offer for you, you can get the Kindle edition for just £0.99 today! It’s a short read (10,000 words) with a simple aim: help you perform