Why leadership feels exhausting

leadership20 min intermediate2 completed

This session helps you name which of your core leadership needs is missing right now, understand what that gap looks like in your day-to-day experience, and choose one concrete action to start taking care of it this week.

What You'll Learn

Understand the three basic psychological needs every leader has — autonomy, competence, and relatedness — and what it looks and feels like when each one goes unmet
Identify the specific leadership challenge that is most draining their energy right now and trace how it is affecting all three needs
Recognise the concept of need trading: how protecting one need can quietly drain another
Use need crafting to design one concrete, self-chosen action to begin meeting their most urgent need this week

This Session is Perfect For

A leader who knows something essential is missing from their experience of leading, but has been framing it as a performance problem rather than a needs problem. Ideal for people who are ready to look at their own conditions — not just their output.