The Relationship Between Burnout and Impostor Syndrome and How to Battle Both with Richard Lindner and Jeff Mask

<p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you’re experiencing burnout and/or impostor syndrome, there are some practical things you can do to get your energy back so you can lead powerfully.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Burnout is a pattern that’s happening globally right now. People are stressed, tired, anxious, and it feels like the marathon has no end. In this episode, co-hosts Richard Lindner and Jeff Mask validate this burnout you’re experiencing, explain how it causes impostor syndrome to rear its ugly head, and share some exercises you can do to refresh and re-engage.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Three Levels of Burnout</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Leaders have to deal with burnout. Period. First, there’s internal burnout. You’re feeling it as a leader. Richard says impostor syndrome always builds when he’s burned out. “I’m not capable, I don’t have the skills to handle this.” He’s been feeling some of that embarrassment, shame, and fear lately, and he thinks this is a great time to talk about it.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Then there’s burnout in the people you’re in charge of leading. How do you know when to push them to do their best and when/how to give them a break?</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Then what about when your leader/manager is experiencing burnout? If the person at the top doesn’t deal with it effectively, they push it down on everyone else. It’s cascading.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At least one of those levels is relevant to every leader on the planet right now, especially in these times.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Two Things You Have to Do</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re in a season of funkiness and ambiguity right now. The more we label it as weird/difficult, the more we’ll flounder. We have to accept it, learn to be cool with it. It’s not going back to “normal.” We have a choice of how we’ll respond to it. This