How to Handle Feeling Overworked

Coaching Real Leaders

Harvard Business Review / Muriel Wilkins

Executive, Business/careers, Leadership, Careers, Business/management, Sessions, Hbr, Coaching, Review, Society & Culture, C-suite, Leaders, Harvard, Business, Management

4.8 • 660 Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

As we head into the holidays after a very stressful year, many of us are struggling with burnout. This week, we revisit a conversation from earlier in the year with a leader on the brink of burnout. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches this leader toward strategies she can take to focus her energy and scale up her leadership.

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0:00.0	HBR Presents.
0:07.0	Hi everyone. This is Muriel Wilkins, executive coach and host of coaching real leaders,
0:12.4	sharing a special episode with you today. It's one of my favorites from season one, and I wanted
0:17.9	to share it again this week because it looks at something so many of us
0:21.7	might be feeling right now, burnout. Whether it's the ongoing impact of the global pandemic,
0:27.9	working from home or in the office, increased workloads, or just a general stress that
0:33.5	many of us experienced during this time of the year, a lot of people are feeling pretty
0:38.7	overwhelmed right now. So listen in to my coaching conversation with one leader who is struggling
0:44.9	with the intensity of her role in wondering how long she can keep it up. Because even if you
0:50.7	haven't been in her exact situation, you can probably relate. I hope you find it
0:56.0	helpful.
0:58.8	HBR Presents.
1:16.0	I'm Muriel Wilkins, and this is Coaching Real Leaders, part of the HBR Presents Network.
1:22.2	I'm a longtime executive coach who works with highly successful leaders who've hit a bump in the road.
1:28.1	My job is to help them get over that bump by clarifying their goals and figuring out a way to reach them. I typically work with clients over the course of several months, but on this show, we have a
1:34.1	one-time coaching meeting, focusing on a specific leadership challenge they're facing.
1:47.0	Today's guest is someone we'll call Ellie.
1:50.4	She's a leader who's done well in previous technology roles,
1:54.1	but always felt like she's ready for more in terms of leadership responsibility.
1:58.9	When she was offered the opportunity to lead at a startup, she stepped up.
2:02.3	And her ability to figure things out and get things done is exactly what's valued in that fast-paced environment. So it's a startup, which means
2:08.8	we don't have a lot of the basic foundation that most companies would have that are doing
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