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Athena Williams 7/30/23 Athena Williams 7/30/23

It’s Time to Redefine Leadership Tenacity to Prevent Burning Yourself Out

With all the challenges you face each day, it’s easy to feel like burnout is inevitable. In fact, according to Zippia Research, 89% of workers have experienced burnout in the past year which includes physical fatigue, cognitive weariness, emotional exhaustion, lack of interest/motivation and lack of effort. This statistic includes leaders as well as employees! As a leader, you have an opportunity to redefine how you work and what tenacity looks like for yourself and others. In doing so, you can begin to turn the tide of deep exhaustion everyone is feeling so that you can get back to doing great things in your team and organization.

Are You Actually As Tenacious As You Think You Are?

Often, we’re taught that surviving something means that we handled it tenaciously. But just because we survived something doesn't mean we did so tenaciously. So, what does it actually mean to have tenacity? Tenacious leadership can help you stay energized and avoid burnout even while managing the most challenging situations. It’s a deeper level of capacity than resilience offers. When we’re tenacious, we grow despite crisis or change. But when we simply white-knuckle our way through, we’re practicing more short-term resilience.