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The Crucial But Overlooked Reason Why So Many Smart Women Burnout

The Aligned Achiever with Siobhan Barnes

English - September 10, 2023 15:00 - 17 minutes - 11.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
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Women are 32% more likely to experience burnout than men (according to Future Forum’s August survey).


Female senior leaders are 60% more likely to provide emotional support to their teams, more likely to ensure the team’s workload is manageable and help their team navigate work life challenges (McKinsey and LeanIn.org's annual Women in the Workplace 2021 report.)


Women who are climbing the corporate ladder, who are ambitious and driven, often end up considering downshifting their careers because they end up feeling like the odds are stacked against them.


For a lot of women, likeability and success go hand in hand, which can translate to not wanting to disappoint their team or managers and saying “yes” even when their plate is already overflowing.


Holding boundaries is often perceived as being difficult or hard to deal with, and underneath that I often see one of 4 things contributing to this difficulty in holding boundaries. 


In this episode of The Aligned Achiever podcast we take a look at these 4 things in greater depth.  


For all the show notes come on over to: https://siobhanbarnes.com/78