Leah Weiss on Workplace Burnout

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Feb 15, 2022

Leah Weiss, a researcher and lecturer at Stanford, specializes in compassionate leadership and burnout prevention. In this discussion, she opens up about her own journey with workplace burnout and highlights its signs and causes. The conversation delves into the nuanced differences between burnout, depression, and compassion fatigue. Leah emphasizes the importance of boundaries, personal values, and supportive environments in managing burnout. She also shares practical tools for self-reflection and maintaining well-being in high-pressure roles.

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ANECDOTE

Leah's Burnout Experience

Leah Weiss experienced burnout in her demanding job at Stanford, impacting her family life and well-being.
Despite working in a meaningful field, she felt overwhelmed and questioned her career path.

INSIGHT

Internal vs. External Change

Discerning between internal and external change is crucial when addressing burnout.
The Serenity Prayer's wisdom lies in deciding whether to accept or change a situation.

ADVICE

Grounding Practices

Engage in physical activities like cooking, walking, or knitting to reconnect with your body and slow down.
Prioritize physicality and minimize screen time for grounding amidst a fast-paced life.

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Leah Weiss is a researcher, lecturer, consultant, and author. She teaches compassionate leadership at the Stanford School of Business and is a principal teacher and founding faculty member of Stanford’s Compassion Cultivation Program, conceived by the Dalai Lama. In 2019, she co-founded Skylyte, a company that specializes in using the latest neuroscience and behavior change to empower high-performing leaders and managers to prevent burnout for themselves and their teams.

In this episode, Eric and Leah Weiss discuss workplace burnout: the definition, signs, causes of, and treatment for this debilitating condition.

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Leah Weiss and I Discuss Workplace Burnout…

Her story of suffering workplace burnout
The definition and signs of burnout
The individual, team, and corporate level causes of burnout
The difference between burnout and depression or anxiety
The difference between burnout and compassion fatigue
The role of boundaries in compassion and empathy
How to know when you need to change your external circumstances
How to know when it’s internal work within you that need to do
Ways to go through the process of life change without blowing everything up
Tools and questions to use for discernment about elements of change within your life
The role and value of other people who you can turn to for support and guidance
Paths to make work more meaningful

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