Leadership burnout
by John G. Agno
Published on this site: August 24th, 2005 - See
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Confidence and energy are leading indicators of corporate
performance.
As leaders become de-energized and lose confidence in themselves,
these emotions are transferred to employees. Employee engagement
and long-term
improvements in corporate performance can't be accomplished
with a burned out, low energy and low confidence leadership
team.
Leadership Pulse research shows that, across the board, leaders'
energy at work is going down and their confidence is declining.
The Leadership Pulse research comes from a sample of over
4,000 executives who participate in short, real-time,
eePulse surveys conducted every two months. In the May 2005
survey, the business confidence of worldwide executives in
their own personal leadership and management skills slipped
to 88% from 92% in the summer of 2004. While the confidence
in their firm's ability to change as needed dropped to 56%
from 65%.
Compared to scores from last year at this time, the overall
energy reported by executives dropped from 6.72 to 6.25. The
percent of people reporting to be in the overall, "high-energy"
zones dropped from 62% to 53%. "We've actually seen over
the last year a continuous trend downward in these numbers,"
said Dr. Theresa Welbourne, president and CEO of eePulse,
(www.eePulse.com)
and an adjunct professor of executive education at the University
of Michigan in Ann Arbor. "I think the people issue is
starting to come to the forefront of organizations' radar
screens. They can't take it for granted anymore, but they
don't have the bench strength to really deal with the issue."
What is burnout? Find out at:
http://home.att.net/~coachthee/Archives/burnout.html
John G. Agno, certified executive & business coach
Signature, Inc., PO Box 2086, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 Telephone:
734.426.2000 (US Eastern Time Zone) Email: [email protected]
The most critical knowledge is self-knowledge. http://www.MentoringandCoaching.com
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