\n Drew Povey, who led Harrop Fold School in Salford and appeared on the Channel 4 documentary Educating Greater Manchester, now works as a leadership coach and consultant through his Drew Povey Consultancy.\n<\/p>\n
\n He believes adapting the “three Rs” could help reduce stress at work.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Povey said: “In creating tactics to deal with burnout, leaders need to recognise, reflect and recalibrate.\n<\/p>\n
\n “What I’ve learned about burnout over the years is that it’s a bit insidious, and it can creep in and creep in quietly.\n<\/p>\n
\n “In order to achieve your goals, it\u2019s important to be strategic, which is where coaching can help.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Without it, workplace pressures and a relentless push to reach the top without a guide or support can actually stop you achieving what you want.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Read more<\/strong>\n <\/p>\n \n He identified a number of early warning signs, including persistent tiredness, disrupted sleep, loss of job satisfaction, and reliance on alcohol or drugs to cope.\n <\/p>\n \n Mr Povey said: “Common symptoms include not being happy at work, feeling tired all the time and disrupted sleep.\n<\/p>\n \n “People may also find themselves looking for escapes in alcohol, drugs or other short-term coping mechanisms, which means the problem can quickly escalate into something quite serious.\n<\/p>\n \n “And like poor physical health, prevention is the key.\n<\/p>\n \n “Awareness, for me, is the first antidote to being overwhelmed.”\n<\/p>\n \n He believes that leaders should avoid trying to manage everything on their own.\n<\/p>\n \n Mr Povey said: “Life is a team sport and we need to stop trying to captain it alone.\n<\/p>\n \n “We all need that sounding board, that someone who listens, someone who challenges, someone who supports.\n<\/p>\n \n “It is absolutely essential, because this will make the load lighter, but it will also make the path clearer.”\n<\/p>\n \n He also argued that coaching should not be considered a luxury reserved for those in senior positions.\n<\/p>\n \n Mr Povey said: “Anyone can use the principles of coaching no matter what stage of their career they are.\n<\/p>\n \n “If it\u2019s something you want to get into, start with reading a book on coaching and applying those lessons yourself.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Drew Povey, who led Harrop Fold School in Salford and appeared on the Channel 4 documentary Educating Greater…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260238,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4317],"tags":[105,218,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-260237","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-mental-health","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114843034722568585","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}