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Has the business that you once loved building become a source of exhaustion, worry or burnout? - Leadership burn out deserves its own focus

Published about 8 hours ago • 1 min read

Hi Reader,

We can’t talk honestly about leadership without talking about burnout.

And burnout doesn’t only happen to people who can’t handle the pressure.

It often happens to the people who have handled too much for too long.

High-performing leaders are rarely exhausted because they’re incapable of hard work. They’re exhausted by what they’ve been carrying while doing it:

  • Solving problems other people should own.
  • Absorbing the emotional weight of the team.
  • Managing relationships that constantly require attention.
  • Holding responsibility without enough support, boundaries, or shared ownership.

That’s why rest alone doesn’t always solve leadership burnout.

Sometimes burnout isn’t a recovery problem. It’s a design problem.

You can take a vacation and still return to the same systems, expectations, behaviors, and responsibilities that depleted you in the first place.

A better question may be:

What about the way I’m leading needs to change?

Ask yourself:

  • What am I carrying that isn’t mine?
  • What am I tolerating that is quietly exhausting me?
  • Where have I become the fixer instead of the leader?
  • What needs to be redesigned so resilience isn’t required just to survive my business?

Burnout may not be telling you:

“You can’t do this anymore.”

It may be telling you:

“You can’t keep doing it this way.”

Tomorrow, August 31, Bonnie Bonadeo, Brigitte Sobus, and I are opening up this conversation around leadership burnout...what causes it, what it can reveal, and how leaders can begin creating healthier ways to lead.

This isn’t about doing less because you’re incapable.

It’s about learning how to lead without carrying everything.

Join us tomorrow at 3:00 PM Eastern.

Bonnie, Brigette and I are committed to creating deeply impactful content like this within our communities and The Beauty Leadership Lab. Stay connected for more.

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Hi! My name is Nikki Le

Nikki Le

I’m the principal at Nikki Le Consultancy. A company designed to serve meaningful success for beauty entrepreneurs and small business owners. My passion is to serve as an employer advocate and business strategist focusing on: -Leadership coaching for owners & their teams -Business systemization & salon owner support -Compensation coaching -Service pricing & creating career wealth -Recruitment marketing -New employee onboarding/training -Transformative career coaching Our mission is to serve the professional in every capacity. This is why we’ve built out a vast library of resources on topics that fulfill every level of your learning experience.

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