Burnt Out to Lit Up
How to Reignite the Joy of Leading People
1. Edition September 2024
240 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
A timely and incisive resource for business leaders and people managers struggling with complacency and burnout in this rapidly evolving world of work
Facing the challenges of global cultural, commercial, political, and technological shifts, managers are in dire need of strategies to move from survival to revival.
Burnt Out to Lit Up: How to Reignite the Joy of Leading People by Daisy Auger-Domínguez illuminates the often overlooked and difficult aspects of management and offers a lifeline for managers struggling to adapt and thrive. Crafted by a seasoned executive with experience at companies like Disney, Google, and VICE Media, this book delivers a rich blend of inspiration and practical tools for today's managers.
Through a compelling mix of personal anecdotes, research-backed insights, and actionable strategies, Auger-Domínguez walks business leaders and people managers down a path designed to reignite the passion and drive necessary for effective leadership. This book is for you if your work life leaves you seeking:
* Rest, inspiration, and a renewed enthusiasm for your work
* Techniques to help managers understand themselves, each other, and the members of their teams
* Strategies for dealing with, and helping your teams deal with, unexpected and dramatic workplace upheavals - be they layoffs, organizational shifts, financial restructurings, global health crises, and more
* Tactics to reignite your own passion for your role and share your enthusiasm with your teams in an approach that motivates and uplifts
Whether you're leading a small team or an entire organization, this book is the roadmap you need to overcome obstacles, re-energize your leadership, and achieve new levels of success. Discover how to transform your approach to management and create a more engaged, motivated, and thriving workplace with Burnt Out to Lit Up.
Part I Recognizing the Fires 1
Chapter 1 Where There's Smoke, There's Fire: Recognizing the Signs of Burnout 3
Part II Navigating the Flames 27
Chapter 2 Show Up: How to Manage Multiple Fires 29
Chapter 3 The Hulk with Heart: Holding People (and Yourself) Through Your Rage 49
Chapter 4 Real Talk: Release Your Hungry Ghosts 73
Part III Leading Through an Inferno 97
Chapter 5 Hang in There: Leading Through the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Firestorm 99
Chapter 6 Find Awe at Work: How to Turn Your Work Nightmares into Epic Adventures 125
Chapter 7 Get Right Within: Become the Manager Every Team Deserves 147
Part IV Beyond Burnout 171
Chapter 8 Beyond Burnout 173
Notes 189
Acknowledgments 201
About the Author 203
Index 205
--Eve Rodsky, New York Times bestselling author of Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live)
"In Burnt Out to Lit Up, Daisy Auger-Domínguez uses her vast leadership experience to show how we can stop burnout in its tracks. Employees, bosses, and organizations shouldn't take burnout lightly--and this book shows us how to meet it head on."
--Arthur C. Brooks, Harvard Professor and #1 New York Times bestselling author
"With surgical precision, Daisy Auger-Domínguez has opened up exactly the conversation we need to diagnose the complexities and, yes, the seeming impossibilities, of modern leadership. As a CEO, I found Daisy's descriptions of employee burnout and the challenges of leading in a volatile social and economic climate so accurate they hurt. Fortunately, her prescriptions for solutions create the handbook leaders need to be better prepared not just to navigate through problems but to create healthier, more productive workplaces. I'm especially grateful to Daisy for sharing her own lived experiences and insights that make this book so relatable."
--Gloria Feldt, Cofounder and President of Take The Lead; author of Intentioning: Sex, Power, Pandemics, and How Women Will Take the Lead for (Everyone's) Good
"Daisy Auger-Domínguez, your guide for the journey from debilitating burnout to hope, is at once strong and light, fun and serious, pragmatic and inspiring. Her new book, Burnt Out to Lit Up, gathers the relevant research, serving it to us in digestible pieces along with practical advice on what to do about it! I loved Daisy's suggested 'scripts'--actual conversation starters and responses for every situation, be it working with a team on the verge of burnout, talking to a boss who has pushed you over the edge, or facing up to your own role in making burnout happen. Daisy is the perfect choice for delivering tough love, as she has burned out and emerged triumphant, experiencing the energy of post-burnout growth!"
--Joanna Barsh, McKinsey & Company director emerita; bestselling author of How Remarkable Women Lead
"In Burnt Out to Lit Up, Daisy Auger-Domínguez offers a transformative exploration of leadership and well-being. This book is a powerful manifesto for leaders grappling with burnout, providing a path to redefine their approach to work and leadership. It empowers readers to turn burnout into an opportunity for growth, innovation, and renewed passion, inspiring those around you to light up with you. It's a call to action to reignite the joy and purpose in leadership, inspiring a new era of leaders to lead with heart, resilience, and a transformative vision."
--Reshma Saujani, author, activist, and the founder of Girls Who Code and Moms First, formerly Marshall Plan for Moms
To learn more about Daisy and her work, visit: daisyauger-dominguez.com
