How To Manage Leadership Burnout During High-Stress Times w/Dawn Myers

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How are you dealing with mental struggles and burnout as a leader during the recession? It is evidently a challenging time for organizations and leaders, especially HR leaders, and we need to work on our mindset to get through these challenges.

In this episode of the She Leads Now Podcast, we have Dawn Myers, the co-founder of Guided Leadership Solutions, experienced human resource leader, public speaker, and adjunct instructor. She helps small business owners get back to doing what they do best - freeing them up to focus on what matters most - running their business.

Listen in to learn the importance of communicating and working together to help your organizations get through the current recession challenges. You will also learn how to develop better and healthier habits when dealing with long periods of mental struggles.

Key Takeaways:
  • The peace, purpose, and accomplishment benefits that come with being a business owner.
  • How communicating and working together can help organizations get through the current challenges.
  • How to shift your mindset and make a difference with your burnout struggles.
  • How to show up as your authentic self unapologetically without fear.

The short survey identifies core behavioral drives that provide a clear picture of how you work and how you can collaborate best with others.

What You Will Learn in This Episode:

  • [2:05] How Dawn’s personal struggles dictated her career and entrepreneurship journey. 
  • [4:30] The HR advisory program and HR solutions aspects of the Guided Leadership Solutions.
  • [5:31] She describes her experience transitioning from corporate to entrepreneurship.
  • [6:59] How they help small businesses with their HR and leadership development challenges.
  • [9:21] How they help organizations be on a higher perspective and work on their business.
  • [12:10] Why HR leaders are struggling with burnout during the recession.
  • [14:48] Dawn shares some strategies that help her reset her mind from the negative.
  • [22:56] She defines her leadership philosophy as the ability to be transparent, vulnerable, and courageous.
  • [25:45] Why she’s giving herself permission to be and show up as her authentic self.
  • [27:28] Dawn’s book recommendation plus her definition of a great legacy.

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