In this episode of the Lead to Soar Podcast, Michelle Redfern is joined by Peta Sitcheff for a candid conversation about burnout, pressure, and sustainability in demanding work environments.
Peta reflects on her career in sales and customer-facing leadership, and on her lived experience of burnout in male-dominated environments where performance expectations are high and support is often thin. This is not a conversation about resilience or self-care checklists. It is about what happens when systems reward overwork, silence strain, and normalise exhaustion.
The discussion explores:
How burnout develops in high-pressure, results-driven roles
Why women are often expected to absorb pressure without consequence
The link between burnout, reputation, and long-term career risk
What sustainable leadership actually requires from individuals and organisations
Peta also shares insights from her Lead with your Legacy framework, focusing on communication, boundaries, and behaviour that build trust without destroying wellbeing.
This episode is for women navigating intense work environments, and for leaders who want to understand burnout as a leadership and system failure, not an individual weakness.
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