Empowering Leaders, Better Culture, Less Burnout

Leaders can and should exist at all levels in an organization. When you fail to lead, you’re at risk for burning out no matter where you are in an organization - even if you only oversee yourself. Daniel Garcia-Mont and Michael Samuelson from Arizona State University will share observations gleaned from being thrust into leadership via two very different routes and from years of working with Drupal in the United State's “#1 university for innovation.” They'll also clear up the haze that clouds the issues that arise when people talk "leadership and management." $spoiler = (($managers !== 'bad leaders') && ($leaders !== 'good managers'));

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The Burnout Avoidance/Recovery Framework

1. Recognize the Symptoms LED
   • Lack of efficiency (real or perceived)
   • Exhaustion
   • Disowning (blaming, failing to empathize, cynicism, sarcasm)
2. The Bank Account Metaphor - make deposits or reduce spending PEP
   • Physical account
   • Emotional/social account
   • Purposeful account
3. Leadership is the invisible part of the framework - essentially, owning, at the minimum, leadership of oneself, and working towards an ideal spending and saving arrangement with your accounts from #2 in mind.
4. Executing the framework: If you feel like LED, adjust and invest in your PEP, and then lead.