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Forbes
7 Early Warning Burnout Signs Most Workers Miss Before It’s Too Late
You check emails before you even get out of bed in the morning, and by 10 p.m., you’re still responding to messages. When Sunday evening rolls around, you find yourself back in your inbox again, trying to “get ahead” of Monday’s chaos. If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone. This always-on, round-the-clock pattern has a name: the “infinite workday.”
INC.
5 Things Leaders Must Know to Shift from Chronic Stress to Total Joy
If stress is stealing your joy, you’re not alone. Many high performers spend years moving at a relentless pace—working hard, pushing fast, and promising themselves they’ll slow down once the next big thing is over. But as soon as one deadline ends, another begins.
Fastcompany
Everything you’re doing about work stress is wrong. Here’s what to do instead
How to master the art of joyful rebellion.
Read Amy's regular column at FastCompany
The American Institute of Stress
5 Things Leaders Must Know to Shift from Chronic Stress to Total Joy
The myth of the stressed-out leader with a new vision—one where joy is part of the job description.
KAtie Couric Media
Three Steps To Help You Stress Less and Find More Joy in Your Job
For millions of employees, work stress doesn’t start Monday morning — it starts Sunday night. It’s that subtle shift in mood when the weekend winds down and the workweek looms. Your brain begins running through your to-do list, and by the time Monday morning arrives, you’re already exhausted.
NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB
The Surprisingly Simple Cure for a Case of the Mondays
Below, Amy Leneker shares five key insights from her new book, Cheers to Monday: The Surprisingly Simple Method to Lead and Live with Less Stress and More Joy.
The Globe And Mail
Stress at Work Comes in Five Categories
Stress is often considered to be the price we pay for success. But leadership consultant Amy Leneker says that's a dangerous myth. It fuels patterns of overwork, self-doubt and burnout.
Assn of Project Management
Three steps to unstress yourself
By the time stress and burnout took over my life, I couldn’t remember a time when I wasn’t stressed – when there wasn’t a deadline looming, a problem to solve or a decision that couldn’t wait.
Yahoo!Life
How to Find Joy at Work: Stress-busting strategies
Amy Leneker — leadership expert and author of Cheers to Monday: The Surprisingly Simple Method to Lead and Live with Less Stress — joined Gayle Guyardo on the globally syndicated health and wellness show Bloom to talk about why joy at work isn’t a luxury… it’s a necessity.
HR.COM
What Will Leadership Really Demand in 2026?
In 2026, leadership expectations are rising across organizations, reflecting a more disciplined and outcomes-driven approach to management.
FAST COMPANY
Alysa Liu’s Gold Medal Comeback is a Leadership Lesson About Joy, Not Grit
High performance isn’t built on endurance alone. It’s built on conditions that make joy possible. Anyone who knows me knows I’m an optimistic, joy-seeking, recovering workaholic committed to leading a joyful rebellion against stress and burnout....
NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB
The Next Big Idea Club’s March 2026 Must-Read Books
Each of these books has earned a spot on our longlist for Season 30 of the Next Big Idea Club. In the coming months, we will narrow our sights on a smaller pool of finalists. At the end of each season, we will announce the winner and distribute a hardcover (or ebook) copy to our members.
Maria Shriver's Sunday Paper
Sunday Paper Recommends—Week of April 5, 2026
This week at The Sunday Paper, we're sharing 2 new books and podcasts that we believe will add inspiration to your days. We hope these suggestions open your heart and mind and encourage you to come together for meaningful conversations.
HR.COM
Rethinking the Leadership Pipeline
Despite years of diversity initiatives, women remain underrepresented in senior leadership roles. Data from the annual Women in the Workplace study by McKinsey & Company and LeanIn.Org shows that women hold 29% of C-suite positions, up from 17% in 2015, but still far from parity.
HR.COM
Beyond the Bouquets: 11 Voices on What's Really Holding Women Back
Every March, we celebrate. But what if we're celebrating the wrong thing? We honor the women who broke through. The firsts. The ones who made it despite the odds. And they deserve every bit of that recognition.
HR.COM
Women in Leadership: ‘The System Wasn't Built for Her’
Every year on March 8, the world pauses to honor women. Hashtags trend. Inboxes fill with celebration emails. LinkedIn turns into a gallery of appreciation posts.
Training Magazine
Why We Keep Rewarding Burnout, and How to Finally Stop
Learn how to stop rewarding burnout in the workplace and promote a healthier work culture focused on balance and well-being.
Quartz
Let's talk about burnout — and what it really is
Leaders often reach for familiar explanations and fixes. But this misdiagnosis frames end-of-year burnout as seasonal laziness or a motivation gap.
MSN
How to find joy at work: Stress-busting strategies
Amy Leneker — leadership expert and author of Cheers to Monday: The Surprisingly Simple Method to Lead and Live with Less Stress — joined Gayle Guyardo on the globally syndicated health and wellness show Bloom to talk about why joy at work isn’t a luxury… it’s a necessity.
100 CEOs
Why is your office the worst place to be creative?
“There’s someone having the same idea as you right now. We’re all looking at the same references, the same mood boards, the same recycled ideas. My secret weapon? Find ideas where no one else is looking.
CEOWORLD Magazine
What Every Great Leader Knows About Stress (and Most Still Ignore)
Work isn’t working. For the global workforce, stress is up, employee engagement is down, and overall well-being is trending in the wrong direction. The warning signs are flashing everywhere. In the most recent Stress in America report, nearly 7 in 10 employees said work is a major source of stress, matching levels we haven’t seen since the early pandemic in May 2020.
Training Industry
Less Stress, More Joy: How Leadership Training Can Reduce Stress at the Source
One of the hardest challenges organizations face today is supporting leaders whose nervous systems are locked in survival mode. Stress has become so normalized at work that it is often treated as unavoidable — something leaders simply need to manage better.
Bizwomen Triad business journal
Strategies: 3 ways to lead your own joyful rebellion (even on Mondays)
You’ve worked too hard, sacrificed too much, and climbed too far to accept a life where joy is reserved for weekends, vacations, or the mythical land of when things slow down.
HR Excellence Magazine
When Caregiving And Careers Collide: How Employers Can Prevent Burnout
In nearly every workplace, a significant portion of employees have a second job: caregiving. Some studies report that up to 73% of U.S. employees have caregiving responsibilities, which can include caring for children, parents, siblings, or other relatives [1]. Despite this reality, many workplaces still operate as if caregiving is an occasional disruption instead of a constant part of life.
HR SPotlight
The Un-Stressing Method: Three Simple Steps to Break the Burnout Cycle
The burnout cycle doesn’t start with collapse. It starts with competence. It starts with being the one people rely on. With saying yes because you can handle it. With pride in being dependable, capable, and composed under pressure.
HR Executive
We Keep Rewarding Burnout—How to Finally Stop
Despite evidence that stress is detrimental to our physical, mental and emotional health, the U.S. workforce has clung tightly to the myth that stress is the price we pay for success.
SMART BRIEF
The Joy Gap: What’s Missing in the Modern Workplace
When you design your workplace culture for joy, engagement and performance increase and trust deepens, writes Amy Leneker.
The Next Big Idea Club Book of the Day Newsletter
You're Not the Problem. Work Is.
A leadership expert who burned out twice says the way work is designed is the real problem. Here's her simple framework to see stress clearly and feel better fast.
Podcasts
School For Startups Radio
Monday Confidence Project Geoffrey Howard and Mondays Amy Leneker
So for everyone who hates Mondays, we’re hating 2,109 days
of our lives, which is just not what we wanna do.
Office Hours with David Meltzer
Len Ward, Amy Leneker, Kurt Hegetschweiler
Burnout is at a 10-year high, with more than half a million people leaving their jobs this year, and Amy Leneker—former C-suite executive and leadership advisor to Fortune 100 companies—believes the real solution isn’t just resilience, but rediscovering joy.
blue sky
Amy Leneker on Her Path from Burnout to Leading a Life of Less Stress and More Joy
We all know that our jobs are a huge part of our lives, and the way we feel about our workplace, our supervisors, and coworkers has a lot to do with our ability to stay positive and mentally healthy and be optimistic about our future. Blue Sky guest Amy Leneker was achieving every success she'd ever imagined in her work, but was still unhappy and eventually became burned out.
how to be Awesome at your job podcast
How to Experience Less Stress and More Joy at Work with Amy Leneker
Amy Leneker is an optimistic, joy-seeking, recovering workaholic. She’s also a leadership consultant who has helped over 100,000 leaders and teams – including those at Fortune 100 companies – lead with less stress and more joy. Her soul goal?
People and Projects Podcast
How Leaders Can Reduce Stress Without Lowering the Bar, with Amy Leneker
Untangle! Podcast
Burnout Recovery Tools: Reduce Stress and Build More Joy In Your Life. With Amy Leneker.
The Gen Mess with Tess
How High Achievers Burn Out Twice: Stress, Joy at Work, and What Leaders Still Get Wrong with Amy Leneker
Broadcast
Fox - New York
Good Day New York
Stress has been treated like the price of success for far too long. It doesn't have to be groundbreaking. New research is highlighting the importance of joy and how a lack of it in the workplace can have a significant impact in your professional and personal life.
king 5 - Seattle
3 simple steps to unstress your work life - New Day NW
In Cheers to Monday, author Amy Leneker shares how to lead and live with less stress and more joy.
fox 13 - seattle
New book Cheers to Monday shares stress management skills
Olympia-based author Amy Leneker is sharing tips and strategies to deal with the stress that comes with Mondays.
WFLA BLOOM - Tampa
How to Find Joy at Work: Stress-busting strategies
Amy Leneker — leadership expert and author of Cheers to Monday: The Surprisingly Simple Method to Lead and Live with Less Stress — joined Gayle Guyardo on the globally syndicated health and wellness show Bloom to talk about why joy at work isn’t a luxury… it’s a necessity.
FOX 32 - CHICAGO
Women still face structural barriers and outdated norms at work, report finds
Author Amy Leneker shares advice on navigating gender bias, mentorship gaps and outdated leadership expectations at work.
WGN - Chicago
Author of Cheers to Monday: The Surprisingly Simple Method to Lead and Live with Less Stress and More Joy
April is Stress Awareness Month, and you just conducted a national study called State of Stress & Joy at Work Study. What was the most surprising finding?
Radio
The Mountain Life
Former C-Suite executive Amy Leneker explores a new approach to leading and living with less stress and more joy
April 20, 2026
Fortune 100 leadership advisor and workplace wellness researcher Amy Leneker discusses her latest national research study, The State of Stress and Joy at Work.
Stress Management
Author and leadership expert Amy Leneker discusses the pervasive issue of stress and burnout and its effects on people's lives. She noted that stress itself is a physiological reaction to change, and not inherently negative.
NightSide With Dan Rea
How to Destress Your Life!
Do you think you’re burnt out? Do you feel like you’re in constant work mode taking on more stress? Amy Leneker is a former corporate executive turned motivational speaker and author who after over 100 stress-induced panic attacks in 3 months left her job, shifted her focus and life, and now helps others break the cycle of exhaustion, overwhelm, and self-doubt. Amy joined us to help you stop stress in its tracks!
