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If a leader can't separate their self-worth from their work, employers' efforts to mitigate burnout risks are likely to struggle, a performance expert warns.

According to Layne Beachley, seven-time world surfing champion and co-founder of the Awake Academy, leaders often burn out due to choices that result in visible performance, but come at an invisible cost and result in "capacity debt".

These leaders can be crisis-mode, but still believe they have the capacity, and perhaps also an obligation or a duty, to withstand and to push through, she tells HR Daily.

Even when they're presented with evidence that they're "borrowing from a depleted account that has very few resources", they might continue to do so, she adds...