In leadership cultures shaped by productivity, urgency, and constant availability, rest is often framed as something leaders must earn, or a reward granted only after goals are met or crises are resolved. Yet emerging leadership and well-being research suggests the opposite: rest is a foundational condition for clarity, effectiveness, creativity, and sustainable leadership.
Drawing on qualitative research exploring the lived experiences of community leaders, this webinar reframes rest not as self-care or recovery from burnout, but as a core leadership capacity. Grounded in Self-Determination Theory, the research demonstrates that leaders are more effective, resilient, and grounded when their psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness are supported through intentional rest practices.
The findings align with a growing body of literature showing that chronic overwork impairs executive functioning, decision-making, and emotional regulation, while intentional rest supports cognitive flexibility, creativity, and ethical leadership judgment.
Leaders who lack rhythms of rest are more vulnerable to burnout, loneliness, and diminished leadership presence, yet many struggle to rest due to internalized beliefs
about productivity, organizational expectations, and relational pressures. Rather than prescribing “more self-care,” this webinar offers coaches practical language, reflective questions, and applied strategies to support leaders in shifting from exhaustion-driven leadership to leadership rooted in clarity, capacity, and long-term
impact.
Learning Outcomes; Participants will be able to:
- Reframe rest from “self-care” to leadership capacity and effectiveness
- Identify common hidden barriers leaders face when attempting to rest
- Apply Self-Determination Theory to coach rest through:
- Autonomy (choice & boundaries)
- Competence (clarity & effectiveness)
- Relatedness (relational support & delegation)
- Use 3–5 powerful coaching questions to help clients design sustainable rest rhythms
- Recognize when rest is a leadership intervention rather than a personal indulgence
Continuing Education Credits:
This webinar is pending CEU approval from The International Coaching Federation (ICF). This webinar is approved for 1 CEU from EMCC Global, Association for Coaching and Wellcoaches.
In order to receive credit you must attend live and complete a survey after the webinar (emailed the day after the webinar).
Watching a recording will not qualify you for CEUs.
Please note that AI recordings, notetakers, or any similar technology, is prohibited to protect confidentiality. Also, a notetaker or bot does not count towards your attendance of a live event. To be eligible for CEUs for live events, the participant themselves must be in attendance.
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