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Unleashed Leadership with Leah Pitzenberger
Leadership isn't clean. It's messy, uncertain, and full of moments that test who you really are. Unleashed goes straight at it: self-doubt, radical candor, the politics nobody talks about, and the real work of leading people through complexity. Host Leah Pitzenberger, CEO of A People Revolution, brings sharp, no-fluff conversations and advice you can actually use, in under 10 minutes an episode. No theory. No polish. Just what it takes to lead with courage and stay yourself while doing it.
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Unleashed Leadership with Leah Pitzenberger
The Truth About Burnout
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We’ve been sold the wrong story about burnout.
High performers don’t burn out because they’re weak, fragile, or bad at handling pressure. A lot of the time, they burn out because they’re exceptionally good at handling it — so everyone keeps giving them more.
In this episode, Leah unpacks the psychology and biology behind high-performance burnout, why cortisol and chronic pressure can make “resilience” look deceptively impressive, and how companies accidentally turn their most capable people into the solution for every broken process, weak performer, and impossible workload.
Because performance is not proof that the load is sustainable.
Sometimes it’s just proof that someone has gotten really, really good at carrying too much.
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