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
ter Studen
ts
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
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Affirm Yourself & Aspire to Achieve Goals
Celebrate Who You Are Celebrate Achievements
Assess SkillsEvaluate StrengthsAnd Weaknesses
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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
www.nextstudent.com/nextpath/nextpathonline/blogs/students/archive/2007/02/15/top-web-tools-for-college-students.aspx
