Across workplaces everywhere, leaders are expected to sustain high performance while navigating relentless pressure, chronic stress and poor recovery. Many continue pushing forward because nothing has “broken”. But beneath the surface, exhaustion, depleted energy, sleep disruption and rising health risks are quietly impacting not only individual wellbeing, but also decision-making, communication, culture and organisational performance.
When: July 30, 2026 10:00 AM
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Drawing on her unique combination of medical expertise, organisational experience and lived experience of burnout and health crisis, Dr Paula challenges the reactive way we think about health and leadership. Together, we explore why leadership is not just intellectual, but deeply physiological, and why proactive preventive health must become part of how we lead sustainably.
ABOUT DR PAULA
A leading voice on health-led performance, burnout prevention and sustainable leadership. With nearly 20 years in medicine, leadership experience and firsthand experience of burnout, Leanne brings both clinical insight and lived understanding to the realities of high-pressure work. She helps leaders and organisations recognise that performance is not only driven by strategy, mindset and capability, but also by the health capacity of the people expected to deliver it.
Her work focuses on helping high performers build, protect and sustain their wellbeing through practical, science-backed strategies that support long-term performance. By reframing leadership as both intellectual and physiological, Leanne equips individuals and teams to thrive without relying on constant overextension, making health a critical foundation for organisational success.