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Leadership development · Executive mental health

Burnout begins
long before the first signs.

Our work: developing leadership and promoting the mental health of leaders. Building the essential skills no one ever taught us. Burnout prevention is its natural benefit.

The 21 psychosocial competencies developed · Source: WHO
PSC 1 Self-knowledge PSC 2 Critical thinking PSC 3 Positive Self-evaluation PSC 4 Mindfulness PSC 5 Ability to manage impulses PSC 6 Ability to achieve goals PSC 7 Ability to make responsible choices PSC 8 Ability to solve problems creatively PSC 9 Understanding emotions and stress PSC 10 Identifying your emotions and stress PSC 11 Expressing your emotions in a positive way PSC 12 Managing your emotions PSC 13 Managing everyday stress PSC 14 Ability to cope when facing adversity PSC 15 Empathetic listening skills PSC 16 Effective Communication PSC 17 Develop social connections PSC 18 Develop prosocial attitudes and behaviours PSC 19 Knowing how to ask for help PSC 20 Assertiveness and ability to say no PSC 21 Resolve conflicts constructively PSC 1 Self-knowledge PSC 2 Critical thinking PSC 3 Positive Self-evaluation PSC 4 Mindfulness PSC 5 Ability to manage impulses PSC 6 Ability to achieve goals PSC 7 Ability to make responsible choices PSC 8 Ability to solve problems creatively PSC 9 Understanding emotions and stress PSC 10 Identifying your emotions and stress PSC 11 Expressing your emotions in a positive way PSC 12 Managing your emotions PSC 13 Managing everyday stress PSC 14 Ability to cope when facing adversity PSC 15 Empathetic listening skills PSC 16 Effective Communication PSC 17 Develop social connections PSC 18 Develop prosocial attitudes and behaviours PSC 19 Knowing how to ask for help PSC 20 Assertiveness and ability to say no PSC 21 Resolve conflicts constructively
The reality

You were never trained in what prevents burnout.

If you are a manager today, you have probably learned how to present, to run projects, a little emotional intelligence, a little stress management. That is useful. But incomplete.

The 21 psychosocial competencies that the WHO has identified as decisive for mental health and sustainable performance (critical thinking, emotional regulation, the ability to ask for help, to set boundaries, to resolve conflicts) did not feature in your initial training. Nor in that of your teams.

This is not a personal failing. It is a gap in professional training. And it is precisely at the root of that gap that burnout takes shape.

73%
of teachers in chronic stress
60%
of managers say they were never trained
44%
of managers lose sleep because of stress

The statistics describe the final stage. What they do not say is what is missing upstream, and what can be built.

"You do not prevent burnout by managing symptoms. You prevent it by building the skills that turn work into a promoter of health. Not later. Now."
The HEROIC™ paradox

Every storm carries two trajectories.

The same shock (reorganisation, overload, conflict) can break a team or strengthen it. What decides is not the storm. It is the strength of the skills you will have built.

Helplessness
Hope
Erosion
Self-efficacy
Resistance
Resilience
Overwhelm
Optimism
Insignificance
Impact
Conformity
Courage
The programme

Thrive to Perform™: Leadership Edition

Leadership development and mental health promotion across four levels. 21 hours of learning per level. Self-paced study + monthly live sessions + 24/7 AI coaching.

LEVEL 1
Know Yourself
Learn to KNOW YOURSELF
LEVEL 2
Manage Yourself
Learn to MANAGE YOURSELF
LEVEL 3
Understand Your System
Start to GET TO KNOW YOUR SYSTEMS
LEVEL 4
Manage Your System
Start to MANAGE YOUR SYSTEMS
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