Necessary Burdens: Addressing the Complexities of Leadership

Leadership looks impressive from the outside, but from the inside, it can feel isolating, relentless, and heavy. Senior leaders carry responsibilities no one else fully understands—decisions without peers, criticism without context, and pressure that follows them long after the workday ends. Necessary Burdens draws on decades of real-world leadership from two preeminent names in leadership and psychology, exploring unseen realities that come with authority: loneliness, identity strain, acco...