iLEAD: Avoiding Burnout_Self Leadership

iLEAD Avoiding Burnout Through

Self Leadership

Questions

How would you define burnout?

How would you define leadership?

Leadership

One Word Definition = Influence

There is a person with whom you spend more time than any other, a person who has more influence over you, and more ability to interfere with or to support your growth than anyone else. This ever-present companion is your own self. -Dr. Pamela Butler, Clinical Psychologist

Burnout?

Original Coining of Term Herbert Freudenberger, 1974 “the extinction of motivation or incentive, especially where one's

devotion to a cause or relationship fails to produce the desired results.”

Dictionary Definition Exhaustion of physical or emotional strength usually as a result

of prolonged stress or frustration

Personal Description That point when you feel like you have nothing left to give;

energy zapped; lack of motivation; usually accompanied by frustration

Getting Personal: My Story

Diversity Fatigue

Unhealthy Habits

Current Status/What I Learned

Facts & Stats

Who Is Affected by Burnout?

Employees of All ProfessionsCollege/University Students

Facts & Stats

Burnout Can Lead To

AnxietyDepressionBreached RelationshipsCounter-productivity

Facts & Stats

Warning Signs/Symptoms (Physical)

Persistent Lack of EnergySleeplessnessHeadachesProlonged exhaustionBack and Neck Complications

Facts & Stats

Warning Signs/Symptoms (Emotional)

CynicismDepressionChronic AngerOverly Critical of Self and OthersOverly EmotionalNumbness – Emotions Shut DownPanic Attacks/Anxiety

Facts & Stats

Warning Signs/Symptoms (Behavioral)

Working Harder, Accomplishing Less

Escapism (through TV, drugs, alcohol, food, internet browsing, etc)

Isolating Yourself from Friends/Family

Cultural Norms

Busy is the new “norm”

Technology: Helpful Hindrance

Living Counter-Cultural

LEAD!

Listen to Internal Alarm

Engage and Disengage

Affirm Yourself & Aspire to

Achieve Goals

Discover Drainers/Fillers

Influence

Faith

Leadership Opportunities

Campus Life

Resources

LIFECommu

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iLEAD

Listen to the Internal Alarm

Self Awareness

Self Check –in

iLEAD

Engage & Disengage

Access & Assess Use of Resources

Shut It Down

Take Non-Travel Vacations Rest Well

Kirk Byron Jones – “Say Yes to Grace”)

“Living on limited rest gives the world a limited version of who you are.”

 When you rest you: Maximize your energy Handle the unexpected better Enhance your ability to make good decisions

iLEAD

Affirm Yourself & Aspire to Achieve Goals

Celebrate Who You Are Celebrate Achievements

Assess SkillsEvaluate StrengthsAnd Weaknesses

iLEAD

Determine Drainers & Fillers

What Recharges You? What Leaves You Empty?

iLEAD

Leadership begins with you…

Listen to Internal Alarm

Engage and Disengage

Affirm Yourself

Discover Drainers/Fillers

Influence

What’s on Your Mind?

Q & A

RESOURCES

Say Yes to Grace – Kirk Byron Jones

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