192 We Have Misdiagnosed a Generation of Exhausted Leaders | Andrew May on DLTOMI

You're probably treating recovery as the reward for hard work, when elite sport treats it as part of the work.

Andrew May has spent more than two decades coaching in sport and business, and Andrew thinks we have misdiagnosed a generation of exhausted leaders. Call it burnout and you go looking for rest. Andrew says the shortfall is usually capacity, and the first move is measuring it rather than resting on it.

Pod O'Sullivan had Andrew on Don't Let The Old Man In podcast and asked him the things he does not get asked on his own show. It was too good to leave over there, so we are bringing it to you here.

00:00 The plan you don't have

01:11 Burnout is not what you think it is

04:25 Vitamin FLPJ: fun, laughter, play, joy

06:52 The CEO who has never burnt out

09:45 Train hard, push hard, recover hard

12:25 What executive blood profiles show

16:17 Your father, your son, and you

18:45 The waterfront house and the crash

23:47 The five metrics worth tracking