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FRIED. The Burnout Podcast

FRIED: The Burnout Podcast by BurnBOLD™BurnBOLD™ is the powerhouse matchup of burnout experts Cait Donovan and Sarah Vosen.

Podcast · By Cait Donovan, Top Burnout Expert for Corporate and Nonprofit Organizations · English · Official site

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Sep 6, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 6, 2026

    How a Leader’s Ego Can Burn Out Their Team with Ewa Błaszczak (opens the original)

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    What happens when a leader's ego is running the show without them even realizing it? In this episode of FRIED . The Burnout Podcast, I'm joined by my longtime friend, leadership expert, and author Ewa Błaszczak to talk about her new book, The Leader and the Ego: The Path to Conscious Leadership. Ewa argues that we don't need to get rid of our egos. We need to become conscious of them, understand what they're trying to protect, and notice when they're making decisions for us. We talk about the co

  2. Episode · Aug 30, 2026

    What Employee Engagement Surveys Really Tell You a #straightfromcait episode (opens the original)

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    Employee engagement surveys give us a lot of data. But what does that data actually tell us? In this first Survey Says episode, I’m looking at two questions from the 2024 U.S. Office of Personnel Management Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey through the burnout and mismatch lens. When only 48% of employees respond positively to whether management involves them in decisions that affect their work, it’s tempting to conclude that employees need more autonomy. But another question in the same survey

  3. Episode · Aug 23, 2026

    CEO Burnout: Why a Great Leader Was Burning Out in a Healthy Organization, a #straightfromcait episode (opens the original)

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    I worked with a CEO who was burning out, but here's what made the situation interesting: they were really good at their job. They had a supportive board. They had a supportive staff. The rest of the organization wasn't burning out. So what the hell was going on? When we started looking for the mismatch, one word kept coming up: urgency . This CEO was moving faster than everyone around them. They were answering emails before the person responsible for them had a chance to respond. They were going

  4. Episode · Aug 16, 2026

    The $322 Billion Business Case for Employee Wellbeing, with Bhushan Sethi (opens the original)

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    This episode is a reminder that there are people fighting for human leadership, inclusivity, responsible AI and more as we move into the future of work. FRIED Fam, In June of this year, I got to work with one of my very favorite clients again (repeat business is so fun when it's people you truly enjoy), the National Council of Nonprofits. I had sessions in the afternoon, so I went to the conference in the morning to listen to Diane Yentel speak. It was the most inspiring thing I had heard in mon

  5. Episode · Aug 9, 2026

    What is Emotional Intelligence? a #straightfromcait episode (opens the original)

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    In this episode of FRIED: The Burnout Podcast, Cait Donovan answers a question she gets asked constantly by leaders and executives: what does emotional intelligence actually mean? Cait traces the term back to its 1990 origins with psychologists Peter Salovey and John Mayer, then walks through the four domain model made famous by Daniel Goleman: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management. She explains why these are not personality traits but trainable skills, a

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