7 Key Strategies to Eliminate Overwhelm,

Avoid Burnout & Transform Stress into Success for Busy CEOs

Presented by: Christina Haxton, MA LMFT

http://Sustainable-Leaders.com

Before We Get Started...

If you’re a CEO who: • Believes stress is unavoidable and “just comes with

the territory” • Feels overwhelmed with all of the “must get do’s” but

can’t find the time to get it all done (and it’s getting worse) • Knows it’s a good idea to manage, reduce or eliminate stress but

haven’t found strategies that really help • Is convinced “burnout” happens only to the weak and spineless,

and certainly won’t happen to you • …. then I’ve got great news for you!

You’re In The Right Place If You...

• Are the President, Partner or CEO

• Need tools to make good decisions quickly, despite chronic stress & overwhelm (and help others do so, too)

• Desire to increase engagement, motivation and productivity for yourself and your employees

You’re In The Right Place If You...

• Want to avoid burnout in a growth spurt or downturn

• Aspire to improve your communication effectiveness to build a culture of trust and respect

Why Listen To Me:

• Bachelors in Psychology

• MA & Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist

• Certificate in Evidence-Based Coaching Executives & Teams

• Co-author of “The Character-Based Leader: Instigating a leadership revolution one person at a time“

Why Listen To Me:

• Designed, facilitated hundreds of live and virtural presentions for industry leaders on the "7 Habits of Highly Sustainable Leaders"

Why Listen To Me:

• 15 years assisted entrepreneurs to CEOs

• recover from burnout, get back in the game

• transform stress into effective leadership practices

• build highly engaged teams

• achieve extraordinary peace of mind

• love the heck out of what they do again

Why Listen To Me:

• Born 2 months premature on the steps of San Giovanni Hospital in Rome, Italy in 1964 after my Mom was gored in the thigh while running with the bulls in Spain a few weeks earlier

• … where my drive and persistence came from!

Client Results

• Strategies based in brain science to increase productivity, engagement

• Efficiently manage energy, attention, time

• Practical tools to manage, reduce overwhelm and transform stress

• Burnout-proof

• Get immediate results that last

What You Should Expect From This Presentation

• Get practical tools you can use immediately

• Identify the 5 early warning signs of burnout (and what you can do to fix it)

• Discover how to increase your communication effectiveness under pressure

• Learn how you can transform stress (instead of just manage it) to avoid burnout, stay motivated and get more done

What We’ll Cover

• Key #1: Why managing stress is futile

• Key #2: How stress and overwhelm result in poor decisions

• Key #3: How “bad moods” decrease productivity, morale and engagement

What We’ll Cover

• Key #4: Why you shouldn’t always believe what you think

• Key #5: Time management isn’t as important as you think

• Key #6: Professional Intimacy: Don’t be afraid to show you care

• Key #7: How to transform stress into success

My Gift To You

• Discover More Today – FREE

• Free Stress Questionnaire to identify the early warning signs of burnout

• A complimentary, confidential personal (not computer-generated) review of your results

• A 45 minute Strategy Session with 1 -2 specific recommendations so you can avoid burnout now

• https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/avoid_burnout

Let’s get started...

7 Key Strategies to Eliminate Overwhelm,

Avoid Burnout & Transform Stress into Success for Busy CEOs

Here are 7 Key Strategies every President, Partner or CEO needs to know for transform stress into effective leadership skills, productivity and high

team engagement!

STRESS: A BIG problem, getting worse

• Personal stress

• Workplace stress

• Just because we know something …

The Negative Impact of Chronic Stress:

•The 2012 Workplace Survey released by the American Psychological Association suggests that many Americans report chronic work-related stress. 41% said they “feel tense or stressed out during the workday” an uptick from last year’s 36% figure. •In its annual wellness report, Employee Assistance Program provider ComPsych found that 38% of employees can’t stop thinking about problems like emotional, health, financial and job concerns.

•The World Health Organization estimates that stress costs American businesses $300 billion dollars a year. •Businesses must consider the costs of skyrocketing insurance rates and health care costs. •Stress was the most common cause of long-term sickness absence for both manual and non-manual employees in CIPD’s 2011 Absence Management Survey (a global HR development organization.)

The Negative Impact of Chronic Stress:

The Negative Impact of Chronic Stress

Chronic stress negatively impacts our:

• Physical health

• Emotional health

• Cognitive abilities

STRESS causes LIZARD BRAIN!

The Negative Impact of Stress

Paid to think? Communicate effectively?

Lizard Brain: Fight, Flight or Freeze

STRESS depletes our BATTERY

STRESS decreases PRODUCTIVITY

STRESS is ADDICTIVE

STRESS prevents TEAMWORK

And collaboration

Competitive Committed Dedicated

Highly focused Self-sacrifice

High achievers Perfectionistic

Handle high degrees of pressure

Competitive Committed Dedicated

Highly focused Self-sacrifice

High achievers Perfectionistic

Handle high degrees of pressure

Burnout : Emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and depersonalization caused by chronic stress in a demanding environment and/or the inability or desire to meet those demands.

How are Burnout and Stress Different?

Irritability, angry outbursts, blame external factors, feeling introverted and isolated Under or overeating, abusing alcohol or other mood-altering substances Range of physical symptoms, including chronic illness, high blood pressure and frequent headaches.

A Few Symptoms of Burnout:

Strategy #1: Stop trying to manage stress

• Take action • Talk about it • De-stigmatize

Strategy #2: Get the LIZARD out of the driver’s seat

• Lizard Brain

Strategy #2: Get the LIZARD out of the driver’s seat

• Thinking Brain

Strategy #2: Keep the LIZARD out of the driver’s seat

• Breathe

• Play

• Sleep

• Eat

• Exercise

• Connect

Strategy #3: Manage your behavior & watch your language

We can’t manage our emotions … We CAN manage our behavior

Strategy #3: Manage your behavior & watch your language

• Avoid Lizard Brain words

• Ask better questions

What or how?

• 3 seconds

• Reaction vs. Response

Strategy #4: Don’t always believe what you think

• 94%

• The percentage of what you worry about that actually happens

• Watch your language inside your head

• “What if … (insert worst case scenario)?”

• Avoid the power struggle with acknowledgement

Strategy #5: It’s not just about managing time

Strategy #5: It’s not about managing time

• Manage attention

– Be here now

– Listen

– Bring it back

Strategy #5: It’s not just about managing time

• Manage energy

– Is what I’m doing now …

– Delegate

Strategy #5: It’s not just about managing time

Strategy #5: It’s not about managing time

• Manage time

– Avoid multitasking

– Eliminate distractions

– Prioritize prioritizing

5 Early Warning Signs of Burnout

1. Lack positive feedback 2. Feel detached from company’s purpose 3. Concerned about losing job 4. Mushroom complex 5. Team withholds information

Strategy #6: Don’t be afraid to show you care

• Remember your worst boss

Strategy #6: Don’t be afraid to show you care

• Remember your best boss

Strategy #6: Don’t be afraid to show you care

• Break the rules

– Empathize

– Don’t be afraid to show you care

Engagement: What is it and who’s responsible for it?

Engagement: What is it and who’s responsible for it?

The emotional commitment the employee has to his/her work, co-workers and boss.

Engagement: What is it and who’s responsible for it?

• 48 percent less safety incidents • 41 percent less patient safety

incidents • 41 percent less quality incidents

(defects)

Engagement: What is it and who’s responsible for it?

• 10 percent higher customer metrics • 21 percent more productivity • 22 percent more profitability (Gallup in Moreland, 2013)

Good or Bad?

Is good or bad?

Connecting the Dots

Stress is necessary for growth

Connecting the Dots

Stress is necessary for action

Strategy #7: Transform stress into SUCCESS

• 43%

• What if …

– Changed your • Belief

• Relationship

• Strategy

Strategy #7: Transform stress into SUCCESS

• What difference would it make?

Strategy #7: Transform stress into SUCCESS

• What difference would it make?

Strategy #7: Transform stress into SUCCESS

• What difference would it make?

Strategy #7: Transform stress into SUCCESS

• What difference would it make?

What You’ve Learned Today:

• Why “managing stress” is futile

• How everyday stress and overwhelm cause you to make poor decisions

• How stress and bad moods decrease productivity, morale and engagement

• How stress can increase engagement

What You’ve Learned Today:

• It’s not about time management

• Break the rules to be a best boss: Don’t be afraid to show you care

• How to transform stress (instead of just manage it) to avoid burnout, get more done and love the heck out of what you do again

How Many Frogs?

Next Steps:

“The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.”

–Saint Augustine

7 Key Strategies to Eliminate Overwhelm,

Avoid Burnout & Transform Stress into Success for Busy CEOs

Presented by: Christina Haxton, MA LMFT

http://Sustainable-Leaders.com

For More Information

• Christina Haxton

• Sustainable Leadership, Inc.

• Web: http://Sustainable-Leaders.com

• Phone: 970-387-8935

• Email: christina@sustainable-leaders.com