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In the deep end – getting to grips with a bigger leadership job at high speed

Thursday, 21 April 2022 by Ian Lees

We used to talk about the speed of change, but the last two years have been off the charts for many industries and organisations. The impact of the pandemic led to urgent setting up of whole new work systems and even whole new organisations in areas like health and mass reductions in other sectors like

  • Published in Ambiguity, Being, Complexity, Development, Executive, Growth, Influence, Influencing upwards, Interpretation, Leader, Leadership, Performance, Resilience, Self-awareness, Self-management, Uncategorized
Tagged under: Influencing, Leadership

Senior Leaders: How to Know When You’re Overtired and Experiencing Burnout

Monday, 21 March 2022 by Ian Lees

If you’re feeling exhausted and like you can’t keep up with your usual workload, it’s possible that you’re experiencing burnout. Burnout is a state of physical, emotional and mental exhaustion caused by overwork or job transition.Symptoms of burnout can include feeling overwhelmed and stressed out and having trouble sleeping. You may feel disconnected from your

  • Published in Being, Leader, Leadership, Performance, Resilience, Self-awareness, Way of being
Tagged under: Burnout, job transition, overwork

Your great boss just quit..now what?

Wednesday, 19 February 2020 by Ian Lees

A great boss can make your career and change your life. But how do you handle that sudden meeting when your team gets called together and your great boss announces they are leaving? We often think about leadership in a very individual way. But once you are in a middle to senior level leadership role

  • Published in Growth, Happiness, Influencing upwards, Resilience, Self-awareness, Way of being
Tagged under: Great boss, Influencing, New boss

Are you just over it?

Friday, 06 December 2019 by Ian Lees

It’s essential for leaders to be committed to the leadership roll they are in now. But what happens when the motivation dies. It can be difficult for positive leaders to face this transition.

  • Published in Engagement, Growth, Happiness, Resilience, Uncategorized
Tagged under: Motivation, over it
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