Bernadette Boas and a co-speaker explain how constant change exhausts leaders into burnout. They argue that pausing to reflect and prioritize, using a Four Domain Framework, actually gets you moving faster than staying on the treadmill.
I think what happens instead is there's so much change and the change creates so much workload. And there are so many different goals and priorities that leaders sometimes just become the hamsters on the treadmill and they execute and they don't stop and take a step back and say, what's going to increase my performance? Slow down to go fast. It's like peeling the onion versus, well, if I stack all these things and then I'll get to a goal. Well, great, you accomplished something, but was it something that was important that moved the business forward or added additional value to the business?
Slow down to go fast. So her Four Domain Framework of that reflect, gather feedback, identify focus, and build your plan is a great platform for you to step back, take a pause, and really spend time on thinking through how you're going to get you and your team through whatever chaos and whatever change is going on.
From Stuck to Leading, Episode 2 — Meet the 5 Inner Fears Destroying Your Leadership
