Authentic Leadership: How to Lead Through Burnout, Complexity and Identity

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Learn how to identify the hidden source of leadership burnout, build genuine psychological safety, and lead with authenticity in a world of constant disruption. Most leadership burnout is not caused by overwork. It is caused by performance, doing what is expected rather than what is meaningful. Mercedes Martin, President and CEO of Mercedes Martin and Company and global inclusion strategist, calls this the hyphenated experience: the internal tension between what organisations demand and what leaders actually value.paste.txt​ This episode covers five practical shifts that help leaders move from disconnection to authentic, sustainable leadership. From excavating the stories that shaped your leadership identity, to building trust-based rather than transactional relationships, to holding both short and long-term vision simultaneously, these are grounded practices rather than frameworks.