WHO LOOKS AFTER THE BOSS?

Being a leader is fantastic – most of the time. But the many changes, expectations and emotional demands can also sometimes feel overwhelming when the leader is there in the middle of it all, trying to manage both well-being and results. That creates a high-risk work environment, which can put the leader’s well-being at risk. Leaders and managers, like anyone else, can come under strain. When their work environment and well-being are under pressure, vast reserves of energy and drive are drained away. This affects the organisation’s results, and it affects lives – both the leaders’ own and those of their employees. Drawing on research and many years of practical and professional leadership experience, the two authors of WHO LOOKS AFTER THE BOSS? provide a language and a direction for working with leaders’ well-being. They argue that the key to leader well-being does not lie with the individual leader alone, but in