How empowered is your team, and do they feel supported by you and each other as a collective? Leadership is evolving, so shifting from a heroic leadership mindset and fostering collective impact through peer-based support is important. To become a strong leader, you must create space for peer support, collaboration, and growth.
In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Glain Roberts-McCabe about leadership shifts in today’s workplace and managing burnout for leaders. Glain is the Founder and President of The Roundtable, a company that helps leaders navigate change, disruption, and growth by building the mindsets and behaviors that matter most. A sought-after expert in group coaching, Glain works with executive teams and high-potential fast-trackers to move from heroic leadership to making a bigger collective impact. With over 30 years of leadership, business, and coaching experience, Glain combines an evidence-based approach with pragmatism.
Listen in to learn how to avoid impostor syndrome and burnout as an ambitious leader by focusing on the motivation to be your best. You will also learn the difference between Gen X and Gen Z’s workplace challenges and how the latter is shifting leadership dynamics.
Key Takeaways:
- How to manage high-performing leaders and prevent burnout and impostor syndrome in ambitious leaders.
- How to navigate the post-COIVD complexities and uncertainty of hybrid work environments.
- Gen Z’s approach to work and leadership, plus the psychological impact of social media on Gen Z’s.
- The benefits of taking time away from work to boost creativity and leadership quality.
- The importance of being open to recalibrating your methods as an experienced leader to suit changing environments.
What You Will Learn in This Episode:
- [02:08] Glain on her career journey, her feelings of isolation as a fast-tracked young leader, and the foundation of the Roundtable.
- [09:24] The importance of managing burnout in high-performing leaders, plus how organizations often overload their top talent.
- [16:27] How organizations struggle with clear direction post-COVID and how it impacts leaders’ motivation.
- [18:20] Why leadership teams must move beyond the “heroic leadership” model and embrace collective vulnerability and teamwork.
- [21:45] Understanding Gen Z’s low tolerance for traditional corporate demands and how that shifts leadership dynamics.
- [26:27] A comparison between Gen Z’s workforce challenges and Gen X’s hustle culture and resilience.
- [33:41] The myth of hustle culture and the importance of intentional rest for high-performing leaders.
- [39:12] The benefits of shifting to a results-only work environment and how Glain and her team handle a 4-day work week.
- [42:53] Understanding that leadership is situational and how to finesse your approach and tap into collective team strength.
Standout Quotes:
- “Sometimes we don’t make the right investments, and we don’t put our money where our mouth is around the importance of investing in people.”– Glain [27:09]
- “If I cannot leave my team for three weeks on vacation, I do not have a great team, and I am not a great leader.”– Glain [34:49]
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