Liz & Mollie

How to prevent burnout, from two leaders who overcame it

IDEO

Atlassian

Lattice

Penguin Random House

Mollie West Duffy

Co-author of bestsellers No Hard Feelings and Big Feelings. Head of L&D at Lattice, previously IDEO

Liz Fosslien

Co-author & illustrator of No Hard Feelings and Big Feelings. Head of Storytelling at Atlassian

Learn to spot common flags that you're doing too much

How to recognize the early warning signs of burnout

Understand the different types of burnout, and identify and address the exact cause of your exhaustion

How to pinpoint what's driving your burnout

Make small changes that have a big ongoing impact (the only way we've found works to prevent burnout in the long term)

How to make preventing burnout an ongoing practice

Leader as Coach is an immersive seven week program designed to equip leaders with the mindsets, techniques, and hands-on practice to develop coaching capacities that drive organizational success. Grounded in an experiential learning approach, the course focuses both on one's interior presence as a coach and practical methodologies to structure empowering coaching conversations with team members. Key topics span understanding the foundations of a coaching approach, cultivating levels of listening and questioning that spark insight, delivering feedback for accountability, and integrating coaching skills holistically into one's leadership style. Participants walk away not only with core competencies but also the ability to foster more purposeful, transformational relationships that ultimately create greater employee ownership, engagement, development and business performance. 98% of past students say they are actively applying learnings in leading their organizations. Scholarships and non-profit rates are available, simply mention your interest in the application form. Class size is limited to 20 participants.

Multiply Your Leadership Impact


We begin with a look at why coaching is such a critical skill for leaders, what makes coaching different in organizational settings, and the key characteristics of a coaching mindset. We’ll look at the key functions of leading, managing, and coaching and how they can work together to develop potential and build high-performing teams

Foundations of Coaching


Learn simple and effective tools to support you when you take on the role of coach. Increase your self-awareness, hone your powers of observation, share effective feedback, and learn to ask open and honest questions that can facilitate new insights and lasting change.

Listening, Observing, and Asking Questions


Emotions are real and they happen at work (and sometimes get us into trouble). The common tendency is to avoid them, but emotions are a rich source of information and meaning. Understanding how the brain constructs emotion, the role emotions play, and how to work with them can level up any coaching conversation.

The Neuroscience of Emotion


What does the arc of a coaching conversation look like? What happens in a coaching conversation? How do we start, how can we effectively navigate the middle, and how do we conclude? Students will have the opportunity to practice coaching conversations in small groups in a safe and confidential space in order to grow their coaching confidence.

The Coaching Conversation


Going deeper into the art of coaching conversations, the fifth week introduces the Learning Conversation Scale to help leaders understand when to coach and how to combine coaching with managing and leading. We'll look at a few case studies to understand these concepts in more detail, and engage in practice coaching conversations.

The Coaching Conversation II


In the final module students will learn how to integrate coaching conversations into the day to day tasks of leading, managing, and creating a culture of accountability. Folks will also have the opportunity to reflect on their experience, create a learning plan, and design experiments to deepen their practice of the coaching leadership style.

Integration


Course syllabus

To have effective and impactful coaching conversations, leaders must first make a shift in their mindset and approach. Foundations introduces students to the idea of a "coaching presence" as an impactful tool for coaching.

January 27th - Week 1: Foundations of Coaching


Learn how to make grounded observations based on data to facilitate increased awareness in a learning conversation. And learn what emotions are and how to work with them in organizational settings to build trust and create psychological safety.

February 3rd - Week 2: Making Observations and Working with Emotions


The ability to utilize several forms of listening combined with an understanding of the anatomy of powerful questions gives coaches the ability to facilitate change in others. Students will gain proficiency in forms of listening and asking powerful questions.

February 10th - Week 3: Listening and Asking Questions


Session four is fully focused on the process of coaching from beginning to end. Utilizing a simple framework along with tools and methods from previous sessions, students are guided through each phase of a coaching conversation with structure and support.&nbsp;

February 17th - Week 4: The Coaching Conversation


Week 5 is a practice week - students will take everything they have learned in the first 4 weeks and apply it at work. Optional Office hours for those with questions or who wish to go into a topic more deeply.

February 24th - Week 5: Practice week / Optional Office Hours 


Feedback is an essential part of coaching and can often be one of the hardest skills to master. Learn how to give effective and impactful feedback, learn how to use feedback in a coaching conversation, and learn the difference between giving feedback as a coach and as a manager.

March 3rd - Week 6: The Feedback Conversation


In our final session we bring everything together, cover additional tools for your coaching toolbox, explore what it takes to build a coaching friendly culture, and create learning plans for what comes next in your development as a leader who coaches.

March 10th - Week 7: Integration


Course Schedule 


Managers looking to integrate coaching agility into their leadership practice.

Executives who want to build strong relationships and trust through powerful conversations.

Leaders who want to have more effective and actionable feedback conversations with their team.

Who is this course for

You'll immediately be able to apply learnings from the following topics

Establish a mindful, empowering “coaching presence”


Discern when coaching is the right leadership approach vs. directing


Utilize awareness and receptive listening to spur employee self-discovery


Ask powerful questions that shift mindsets and behaviors


Observe effectively and share feedback that sticks


Have structure to move through coherent coaching conversations


Comfortably manage emotional dynamics and resistance


Use coaching to generate accountability and ownership


Integrate a coaching approach into day-to-day leadership


Great coaching is a leadership multiplier. Learn critical skills to increase your impact, empower your team, and maximize results.


Andrea Mignolo

Executive Coach, MBA, PCC

League IV

League V

COURSE CONTENT:8 Hours over one weekend, and 2 bonus hours before and after, combining presentations and case studies, interactive exercises in small groups and self reflection time. OVERVIEW: You are already comfortable managing others, but to get to the next level of leading large teams, you are aware that you need to be able to identify and drive transformative opportunities for the business, assess and lean into the risks associated with them, overcome your own fears of putting your ideas on the line, and inspire followership from others. You also know that this level of leadership can be exhausting - and require resilience in the face of push back or results taking longer to achieve than you hoped. Its tempting to "put off" the time it takes to work on these topics, but if you can invest the time now, it will make your leadership impact, visibility and effectiveness significantly stronger, by not having your own fears, or perceived weaknesses getting in your way. KEY TOPICS INCLUDED: 1. Establish your leadership advantage.- How to stop comparing yourself to others and instead lean into your own unique strengths as a leader- How to overcome imposter syndrome and tap into your courage to be confident leading at a higher level- How to get comfortable admitting what you don't know - and inviting others in to help as your support system to grow your confidence- How to get comfortable leading others on a larger team who's functional skills are outside your own knowledge and/or who have more age/experience than you- How to inspire and influence others to come along with ideas you are championing 2. See the opportunities that others won't. - Finding the gap - how to leverage foresight instead of hindsight in the pursuit of breakthrough strategies- How and when to tap into your instincts, when data isn't available for decision making- How to understand when a breakthrough opportunity is achievable with your team and your resources 3. Overcome your fears.- How to understand what holds you back from making bold moves- How to understand your tolerance for risk in relation to others to get confident to make more transformative moves- How to bounce back and recalibrate when things do not go as you expect 4. Navigating the politics. - How to get the confidence to invite dissent and assess the input and feedback from others who do not support your bold moves- How to go from trying to "convince" others, to "co-creating the future" with others.- How to read the room and ensure peer and team discussion is transparent and constructive- How to react when you know colleagues are not supporting your plans- How to make decisions when your team are disagreeing with each other and need you to break the tie 5. Fuel your endurance. - How to understand your unique energy needs to ensure that you prevent burnout during times of great stress- How to understand the different energy needs of others on your team so that you can work together to meet the collective team's needs 6. Build a culture of high performance fun.- How to leverage your own unique style to inspire others and build authentic followership- How to set your team "house rules" to establish a culture of high expectations and high results- How to build an inclusive team that is comfortable with dissent This is a course that is designed to get you out of your comfort zone. To get to the senior levels, it is not enough to deliver on your own existing KPIs, it requires you signaling that you are the kind of leader that is proactive and has courage, conviction and the ability to influence. This course will get you out of the text book and in to real life examples to "road test" how you would react. Course material and advice is based on real life case studies from Sarah's business experience moving from a manager of a small team of 5 individual contributors at one company, and then moving her way up to leading the complete transformation and turnaround of the $5Bn global Gatorade business less than 10 years later. Sarah is a proven coach and developer of talent, having managed teams as small as 5 and as large as 15,000. She led the reinvention and turnaround of the $5Bn Gatorade business as its global president, before leading the digital transformation of Equinox Fitness Clubs as president. Sarah has also taught workshops to over 500 young professionals, with an average NPS rating in the 60s. TESTIMONIALS FROM STUDENTS WHO HAVE TAKEN SARAH'S IN PERSON WORKSHOPS "It was a really fun two days taking the time to reflect on really important "stuff" that I normally don't make time for. It's so easy to get wrapped up in the day to day grind of work without pausing to take that time to check in with yourself. I'm also rarely surrounded by such an inspirational group of people who have relevant complementary skillsets and experiences to my own. I find that hearing others' goals pushed me to think bigger and take on even more. Thank you!Head of Client Services for an Innovation Agency "Loved this! Will definitely recommend to friends. Loved the interactive exercises - especially the debate one and the compliment one. The discussion about my blind spots (figure out weaknesses and the anti-you) was SO helpful. The group made me think about things I never would have realized. Exercise about pain training was so helpful and almost therapeutic to hear others fears and commiserate."Product Leader "I loved it. Great format with lots of variety. I came away feeling motivated to make change, supported by those around me, and inspired by everyone in the room. I would be most likely to recommend this to someone who has been considering a leap, or who has tangible goals in mind."Director of Strategy "This was a great experience. It flew by, which doesn’t happen with these types of workshops. I really liked the layout of content and the perfect combination of case studies and larger group talk. You created a safe space for everyone to be vulnerable, supportive, encouraging and excited."Director Programming and Operations "Very challenging, ahead of the game and awe-inspiring workshop."IT Strategy Consultant

An interactive weekend immersive, that  uses real situations to teach students.


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First Module

Second Module

Third Module

Pre course meet n greet session for students

Friday December 6th


<ul><li>All sessions are recorded</li><li>Students have lifetime access</li></ul>

Saturday December 7th and Sunday December 8th


Post course office hours for students

Friday December 20th


Course schedule

You have 8-10 years of experience and aspire to, or have landed your first leadership role with a large team and want to assert your vision

You are shifting from managing individual contributors to leading through managers and you want to create a culture of high performance fun

You need to step onto a bigger leadership stage and want to know how to establish your vision to make transformative high impact moves

What you’ll get out of this course

By reviewing insights from personality inventories and peers, you'll establish a clear framework that you can turn back to that articulates your most confident leadership style so that you can cultivate courage to lead others with skills and experiences beyond your own.

Confidence and strength to lead. Identify your competitive advantage as a leader to leverage your strengths and support your weaknesses.


Through an interactive exercise, you will explore the differences in your unique style for thinking and sharing your ideas, so you can develop your plan to create a culture of high performance with others, to help you drive high impact results.

Insights on building a high performing team. Understand how your style best plays, to improve your ability to get results through others.


Through an interactive case study based game, you will learn how to hone your instincts, and when to use them to see opportunities that others can't so that you are able to break through and add value to the business that others may not.

Strategies for identifying opportunities for growth. How to find the gap - and see opportunities for yourself, your team and your company.


Through a framework for group discussion, you will develop an understanding of your tolerance for risk in relation to others, and you will develop a personal strategy for overcoming your fears of making mistakes, which is critical when leading at the senior level.

Methods for facing your fears. Analyze what holds you back and establish strategies for risk taking, that enable you to drive change.


Through real life case studies you will learn how to navigate politics, influence others, turn to team mates for support when your fears kick in, and develop a willingness to admit that you don't have all the answers - a requirement for creating followership of large teams.

Techniques for top down and bottom up communication. How to get buy in, navigate politics and influence stakeholders to support your vision.


You will participate in an interactive case study assignment to teach you how to assess the long range viability of your greatest transformational moves, as it is critical at the senior level to understand how to evolve and sustain your biggest ideas.

Clear understanding of social cues. Apply a framework to know when to play harder, to pivot or to walk away from ideas you have championed.


You will spend time understanding your own needs around health, wellbeing and energy management so that you can prevent burnout. You will develop a framework to create a set of commitments to yourself that ensure you're endurance for the long leadership road ahead.

Strategies for sustaining yourself. How to establish the unique rituals that you will need to prioritize your own health and wellbeing.


Learn to lead boldly, assess risks, and drive change. Gain confidence to inspire large teams and seize breakthrough leadership opportunities


Sarah Robb O'Hagan

Cohort 1

Cohort 2

Poor digital habits are not just about doomscrolling Instagram, LinkedIn or TikTok. They commonly include Email, WhatsApp, Slack, Texting, News cycles, Binge-watching and more! For adults, the symptoms of excessive unmanaged screentime can shows up as: ❌ Lack of Focus ❌ Inability to Prioritize ❌ Blocked Creativity NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO YOUR LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL 🚩Poor Decision-Making: When you're caught in a cycle of consuming negative news or irrelevant content, the digital exhaustion makes you more prone to impulsive choices rather than thoughtful, strategic ones. 🚩Weakened Interpersonal Connections: Constant device checking signals to your team that you're disengaged or uninterested in their contributions.&nbsp; 🚩Missed Opportunities for Growth: Poor digital habits can trap you in echo chambers, preventing exposure to diverse perspectives and ideas that could enhance your leadership. 🚩Decreased Resilience and Well-Being: From poor sleep to physiological damage (e.g. tech neck), poor digital habits can spin up a cycle of stress, diminishing your ability to inspire and support your team effectively You can't effectively lead others until you can confidently lead yourself. People count on leaders to be focused, inspiring and resilient - even when surrounded by digital distractions. WHO WILL BENEFIT MOST FROM THIS COURSE?- You are introspective and open to reflect on your blind spots.- You are self-aware and carry a growth-mindset.- You believe in the leadership principle that actions speak louder than words. WHO WILL NOT BENEFIT FROM THIS COURSE?- Those looking for an app as a fix for their digital habits. This course works inside-out, not outside-in.- Those that think technology is bad thing. This course doesn't line up with that philosophy.- Those who need to work with a doctor or therapist for support. This course is focused on leadership coaching but doesn't offer medical advice. We'll leverage established behavioral science and the latest digital wellness research, including exercises to help you stay on track. You also have access for 1:1 coaching from the instructor for personalized action planning (more information will be provided to enrolled students)

Get off the hamster wheel of mindlessly checking devices. Quantifiable outcomes.

<ul><li>Discern problem vs. symptom. Reducing tech use simply masks the symptom (screen time) without addressing the root cause.</li><li>Explore AI-based tech's potential impact on collaboration, communication and decision making.</li><li>Discuss the challenge this presents to companies, schools and parents.</li></ul>

Reframing your relationship with technology.

<ul><li>Synthesize research on topics such as nostalgia, guilt, humor, and the psychology of control.</li><li>Present stumbling blocks in your relationship with tech.</li><li>Explore limitations of current strategies such as digital detox, gray scaling or device-free zones.</li></ul>

Deconstructing temptations & stumbling blocks

<ul><li>Learn the three-sided framework of Smiles, Skills, and Surprise.</li><li>Apply the principles of the framework to your work and life routines.</li><li>Reflect and recalibrate your assumptions from the beginning of the class.</li></ul>

Implementing your plan to thrive alongside tech

People Managers: If you check Email/Slack/Teams before going to bed and/or the first thing in the morning - this course is for you.

Parents: Your digital habits inform your child's relationship with devices. The framework we teach is easy for you to learn and model.

Senior Individual Contributors (ICs): Product to HR, Engineering to Sales - don't let poor digital habits derail your leadership potential!

Who should sign up

This course challenges you to introspect: Are in the driver's seat of your habits or has an algorithmic habit taken control?

Activate your Sense of Agency

There are macro digital trends that are fracturing your attention and focus. Through the lens of established research on topics such as nostalgia, psychology of control, humor etc. we will explore why people tend to lose control over their digital habits.

Identify Attention & Focus Potholes

Just counting hours in front of a screen is of limited value. As work, life and entertainment share the same screens, it's time to go beyond tracking screen time. Via <a href="https://www.sc﻿rollbychoice.com " rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Scroll By Choice</a> - you'll develop a baseline score of your relationship with technology, and track progress.

Track metrics beyond screentime

Building better digital habits isn’t just about turning off notifications or deleting apps. You'll learn how to use a human-centered Digital Wellness framework—a "trampoline"—to bounce back when distractions pull you into rabbit holes.

Reclaim Control over your digital habits

Leverage 1:1 coaching to personalize your plan - including supporting those around you (ideal for parents)

Develop an action plan that works you

Elite leaders learn to be focused, confident & intentional. Could doomscrolling & poor screentime habits be silently derailing your growth? 

November Cohort

Riz Vazir: Founder at Scroll By Choice

Founder/CEO, Scroll By Choice

September 2024

February Cohort

Are you looking for a playbook on how to get promoted after having kids without sacrificing your limited personal time for professional demands? After becoming a mom, you may feel like your identity is being pulled in different directions, no longer just tied to your career but also deeply connected to motherhood. Navigating these two worlds while honoring your personal goals and priorities can feel complicated. When trying to balance it all, many ambitious moms experience an endless loop of: Overwhelm from the demands of career and motherhoodImposter syndrome from less focus and energy at workMom guilt for not being available enough at home Work-life balance is a myth that forces you to choose between your career and personal life, leading to constant compromise and guilt. Instead, we’ll focus on aligning your values, energy, and time to help you succeed as an ambitious mom so you can grow your career. In this course, you'll learn how to: - Define ambition on your terms by aligning your vision with your values and long-term goals.- Design a flexible schedule that maximizes your energy and keeps burnout in check.- Negotiate success with your manager to advance your career while maintaining boundaries.- Implement systems to lighten your mental load and focus on what matters most. By the end of this course, you'll have a personalized plan to win at work that aligns your professional and personal life, ensuring you thrive as a leader and a mom. Along the way, you’ll develop the confidence to integrate motherhood with your career, without making sacrifices. And you'll be part of an intimate community of ambitious women who want to achieve professional goals while parenting young kids. With:- Actionable templates and worksheets to help define values, set career goals, and maintain boundaries.- Case studies of real-life examples from thriving moms in leadership roles.- A toolbox of tips and tricks with my favorite science-backed strategies for time management. Why I made this course: After my first daughter was born, I faced imposter syndrome and went back to work early to "feel like my old self again." Though I got promoted (twice!) after going back, I was constantly seeking out advice from moms who’d been there. During my second maternity leave, I noticed a tipping point: many moms of 2 were struggling and leaving the workforce. I decided to build the playbook I wished I had to succeed at work after having kids. My parental leave coverage plan was featured as a guest post in Lenny's Newsletter. I’ve combined insights from my successful 14+ year career in finance and tech, lifelong study of mindfulness, and research on productivity to share practical strategies that will help you succeed as an ambitious mom.

Master the career playbook for high-achieving moms

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Tuesdays & Thursdays

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May 7, 2022

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Weekly projects

Ambitious moms facing imposter syndrome who want to excel at work after having kids

High-achieving women struggling with "mom guilt" and not being available enough at home

Leaders and managers who want work-life balance without sacrificing career goals

This course is not for moms whose true calling is to stay at home (the hardest job of all!)

Craft a vision for thriving that honors your values. Outline an "extraordinary life" with clear, achievable, and sustainable goals.

Define ambition for this new phase of life

Design a flexible “Minimum Viable Schedule” that keeps burnout in check. Carve out and be fully present for quality moments that matter most.

Optimize your energy

Create a strategic plan to advance at your career. Align on goals and expectations to thrive professionally while maintaining boundaries with confidence.

Negotiate success with your manager

Implement sustainable systems to lighten the mental load. Incorporate techniques to filter out distractions so you can focus on your most meaningful work.

Improve your focus 

Learn the proven system to advance your career after having kids. Includes actionable strategies, workflows & templates.

Lightning Lessons

How to prevent burnout, from two leaders who overcame it