Women Who Lead Change

Sustainable Leadership

Michelle Johns Season 3 Episode 9

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Michelle talks about exhaustion and how to be more sustainable in your leadership.

The quiet, creeping depletion that so many high-achieving women carry around. The constant low-level hum of tiredness that we've normalised to the point where we barely notice it anymore.

This week's reflection:

  1. On a scale of 1 to 10, how sustainable is your current pace? Not how productive you are. Not how much you're achieving. How sustainable.
  2. What's one change you could make this week—not a grand overhaul, just one thing—that would move the needle toward more sustainable leadership? Maybe it's a boundary. Maybe it's a conversation. Maybe it's saying no to something. Maybe it's asking for help.
  3. Check on someone else. Who around you seems to be running on empty? Could you reach out? Could you normalise the conversation about exhaustion by naming it in yourself?

Come find me on Instagram @womenwhochange.official. Tell me what sustainability means to you. Tell me what gets in the way. Tell me what helps.