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As a leader, you direct the time and attention of the entire organisation – whether you know it or not. We believe the single most important thing a leader can do is learn how to do this consciously and well. This is a central focus of our executive leadership coaching.

As a leader, what happens when burnout hits? Are you able to spot the signs of burnout and know when you need support from a burnout coach? With so much vying for your attention, this may not be easy. The good news it that there is more efficient way to get over burnout, and one that doesn’t take much time.

For leaders, work-life balance professional coaching means looking first at how you are leading. Have you accumulated toxic habits? Is your “operating model” out of date? Is the way you are managing time appropriate for a leader of your level … or are you still acting as if you were at a lower level? What are the hidden beliefs that constrain your effectiveness and your ability to enjoy your life and your work? Take our "work life balance audit" here ...

If you, as a leader, are bold enough to force your team to come into the office for in-person meetings—requiring them to get out of their sweatpants, organize child care, brave the weather, and suffer the commute—you better make sure those aren’t bad meetings. So why are you allowing them to bring their laptops?

At the beginning of COVID, several of my coaching clients began reporting a strange problem: they were missing executive travel—in particular, flying business class.These clients—senior executives and management consultants—confessed this to me only sheepishly, as they knew it was a first-world problem, particularly in the time of COVID.