451: Eradicating Burnout in Leaders with Teresa Vozza

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How can you avoid burnout in yourself and your executive team?

Teresa Vozza

Our guest today is Teresa Vozza. Teresa is a passionate advocate for eradicating burnout in the executive ranks. She is a leadership expert, certified executive coach, and former Human Resources Executive with over 20 years of corporate experience, most recently at Allianz Partners as CHRO. She is highly skilled in leading change, building executive teams, communication strategy, and increasing employee engagement and wellbeing through the facilitation of heart-centered leadership conversations. Teresa is unafraid to go deep, go wide, and go far to unleash individuals’ potential.

She is a regular contributor on Breakfast Television and several podcasts, such as Power Presence Position, Wickedly Smart Women, and Entrepreneurs On Fire. Teresa is described as bold yet heart centered. Pragmatic yet visionary. Direct yet approachable. Challenging yet responsive. Reflective yet results oriented. She is a graduate of McMaster University, the Canada Coach Academy, and accredited with the International Coaching Federation as well as The Accredited Board of Neurolinguistic Programming (ABNLP).

Listen as we explore why executive leaders experience burnout, how to recognize the signs of burnout in yourself and your team, the difference between harmonious hustle and harmful hustle, how to avoid burnout before it happens, and how to overcome it if that’s where you’re at right now.

What We Discuss in this Episode

The reasons why executive leaders experience burnout
Symptoms of burnout
Getting to the root issue
The realities of overwhelm and underwhelm in the workplace
Anxiety that comes from overachieving
Changing the way we think about leadership and achievement
How to know if you’re experiencing burnout
Recognizing physical, mental and emotional exhaustion
Knowing your window of tolerance and setting healthy boundaries
Why it’s not as simple as saying NO
How to maintain your boundaries and still achieve the necessary results
Harmonious hustle vs harmful hustle
Matching your why with your work
Tools for avoiding burnout or overcoming burnout
Embracing self-care as a process rather than an activity
How to identify signs of burnout in others

Podcast Highlights

2:00 – Why leaders burn out

5:40 – Overachieving and anxiety

9:25 – Symptoms of burnout

14:47 – Setting effective boundaries

24:00 – Harmonious vs harmful hustle

30:30 – Avoiding or overcoming burnout

36:00 – Recognizing burnout in others

40:35 – Taking action

Favorite Quote

“Psychological or emotional safety needs to be there first for boundaries to actually take hold and be effective.” ~ Teresa Vozza

Free Resources

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Connect with Teresa Vozza

Website: https://teresavozza.ca
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/teresa-vozza-chrl-cca/

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