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Most business owners and leaders have a habit of overcoming their company challenges at the expense of their own wellbeing.
Their businesses may be profitable, but profits have come at a high personal cost.
They’ve run up an emotional overdraft.
The ‘Exploring Emotional Overdraft’ Pod features honest, entertaining and thought-provoking conversations with business founders and leaders, exploring their relationship with their own emotional overdraft, the challenges they face in their businesses and valuable lessons they’ve learnt along the way.
The ‘Exploring Emotional Overdraft’ Pod features honest, entertaining and thought-provoking conversations with business founders and leaders, exploring their relationship with their own emotional overdraft, the challenges they face in their businesses, and valuable lessons they’ve learnt along the way. Listen to the latest episode »
Over the past 35 years, I’ve worked with hundreds of business founders and leaders, coaching them to make better decisions more quickly. Without exception, these founders have a habit of overcoming their company’s challenges at the expense of their own wellbeing. They work long hours, try to do too many things, and struggle to reconcile the excitement of the early days with the stress and exhaustion they feel now. Their businesses may be profitable, but those profits have come at a high personal cost. In other words, they’ve run up what I’ve now coined as an emotional overdraft. It's my belief that every founder can change their relationship with their business for the better. The Emotional Overdraft gives founders the tools and advice they need to make practical changes that will dramatically improve how they run their businesses.
Take our FREE self-assessment to find out the drivers, thinking and behaviours that impact your personal emotional overdraft.
“I’ve seen first-hand the impact running up a significant emotional overdraft has on a business leaders’ resilience. Leaders around the world are running the risk of becoming emotionally bankrupt”
When you push through business challenges by consistently sacrificing your mental and physical wellbeing, you’re dipping into what I call your emotional overdraft.
The Emotional Overdraft explores the hidden costs of leadership. Many founders start their businesses because they’re good at something, but as the business grows, so do the demands on them. Suddenly, they’re not just the expert in their field – they’re leading an organisation with increasing complexity.
The shift from doing the work to leading the work is rarely smooth. It brings new challenges, unexpected demands, and leaves many feeling out of their depth. Even with years of coping mechanisms, leaders often end the day feeling like they should have done more or handled things better.
Resilience is the currency spent in emotional overdraft. Over time, constantly drawing on this reserve without replenishing it leads to burnout. Every leader will dip into their emotional overdraft at times, but healthy leaders recognise it early, clear it quickly, and adopt behaviours that protect their long-term wellbeing.
Being emotionally overdrawn doesn’t have to be the norm. Recognising the patterns that lead to it is the first step. By trusting your team, setting boundaries, and delegating with confidence, you can regain balance and create a business that thrives without sacrificing yourself in the process.
