Best of Revived | Three Burnouts and a Dream That Became a Book — The Truth About Leadership
Things worth taking away
- Three burnouts taught her what leadership actually costs
- Four words from a coach changed her life
- Coaching and mentoring are not the same thing
- Many senior leaders have never once been truly listened to
About this episode
Lisa Anna Palmer has worn a lot of hats — HR executive, VP advisor, published author, NGO co-chair, and now a PCC-track coach who works with some of the most under-supported people in any organization: the ones at the very top. But the thread running through all of it is the same question she’s been asking since she was a kid trying to make people feel included in a town where her family didn’t quite fit: how do we bring out the best in people without burning them out — or ourselves?
This conversation moves through burnout (three of them), the moment four words from a coach changed her life, the real difference between coaching and mentoring, what it actually looks and feels like to hold space for a senior leader who has never once been truly listened to, the five-year journey of writing a book, and the Kenyan NGO she co-chairs in memory of a friend who believed that doing good didn’t have to wait until you were a billionaire.
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