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21: Overcoming Leader Burnout with Vimeo’s Engineering Manager, Vaidehi Joshi

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Management has the power to both embolden us, or burn us out.

It’s a very real danger, and we’re all more aware of it thanks to growing awareness of mental well-being, but Vimeo’s Vaidehi Joshi knows first hand how to overcome leader burnout.

Vaidehi joins Suzan for this week’s Leaders Unscripted, taking us through the battle against perfectionism, managing a team alongside your mental health, and what makes a great management experience.

This Episode Covers:

  • The expectation vs reality of management
  • Why perfectionism in leadership can be deadly
  • Trauma from burnout, and how it takes time to overcome
  • How different environments demand differing management experiences

Episode Highlights:

“Management is going to be very different depending on what organisation you're at, what support structures you have, and what that company's perspective of management is.” - 7:00 - Vaidehi Joshi
“One of the things that was hard for me was learning that my job title had changed, and that meant my role had changed, and expectations of what I was supposed to do were different.” - 11:15 - Vaidehi Joshi
“If you don’t like hard conversations, good luck with management and leadership - you’re going to have a hard time, because it’s full of them.” - 14:00 - Suzan Bond
“I'm a recovering perfectionist, and always will be. It's very hard when you get into any sort of leadership role, perfectionism will crush you.” - 21:00 - Suzan Bond
“It took me five months or more of working to gain that confidence back to build that trust, to feel safe, and to teach my body and mind, ‘Oh, this is different’.” - 26:00 - Vaidehi Joshi
“The only person who’s going to take care of me is me. I’ve had to work on avoiding things like proving myself, not wanting to say no, not wanting to say I can’t do everything.” - 29:25 - Vaidehi Joshi

Links & References:

Constellary: https://www.constellaryhq.com/

Suzan Bond: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzanbond/

Vaidehi Joshi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vaidehisj/

Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/