Burnt Out to Lit Up: How to Reignite the Joy of Leading People - Hardcover

by Daisy Auger-Dominguez (Author)

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-Dom?nguez 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-Dom?nguez 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.

Front Jacket

The world of work has been turned upside down, fundamentally transformed by global shifts in culture, commerce, politics, technology, and more. Your role as a manager must change along with it. But how can you be expected to stay on top of such a wide array of issues when the pace of change seemingly accelerates every day?

In Burnt Out to Lit Up: How to Reignite the Joy of Leading People, veteran executive and renowned business leader Daisy Auger-Dom?nguez delivers an insightful and inspiring guide for managers seeking to get out of survival mode and reignite their inner fire for their work. The author offers a no-nonsense love letter for all modern-day managers, showing you how to find the drive and passion you need to demonstrate care for your team, skillfully navigate interpersonal and organizational challenges, and consistently support your people.

Every chapter is a deep dive into the art and science of leading people effectively as the world--and the workplace--change around us. You'll find personal anecdotes, research-backed insights, case studies, and battle-tested strategies you can deploy immediately for powerful and measurable results.

The book tackles the side of management that no one talks about: the broken parts, the issues we ignore, the areas where we're complacent, and the fears that threaten to unravel our teams. It also shines a spotlight on the simple, powerful fundamentals that work so effectively in high-performance workplaces.

Do you want to be the manager that you've always dreamed you could be? Reclaim your love of leading people, conquer the obstacles that stand in your way, and refill your tanks with empathy and resilience. Whether you lead one person or an organization of thousands, Burnt Out to Lit Up is your roadmap to heights you've never experienced before.

Back Jacket

PRAISE FOR BURNT OUT TO LIT UP

"Burnt Out to Lit Up is a must-read for all leaders in the workplace. Daisy Auger-Dom?nguez provides a comprehensive and achievable road map from a workplace landscape riddled with burnout and dysfunction to one of sustainability and healthy productivity. With real life examples and compelling research, this book is the new handbook for managers."
--EVE RODSKY, New York Times bestselling author of Fair Play

"In Burnt Out to Lit Up, Daisy Auger-Dom?nguez 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

"Daisy Auger-Dom?nguez is the leader we need right now. After finding herself burned out to the extreme of feeling 'burnt crispy, ' the C-Suite exec fought to find her light again, and shows us how we can, too...When too many talented individuals, especially BIPOC, are walking away from the corporate grind, Daisy guides us back to feeling lit up again."
--ROBYN MORENO, former media executive and author of Get Rooted

"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

"This book 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