{"podcast":{"title":"Leading Visionaries Podcast","slug":"leading-visionaries-podcast-6419551","podcast_index_feed_id":6419551,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/leading-visionaries-pod/","website_url":"https://leading-visionaries-pod.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/48a1f9c3-862c-46ad-be8a-fc06a5e02ce5/LVP-8X-Award-Winning.jpeg","author":"Anjel B Hartwell & The Creative Age Consulting Group","episode_count":167,"summary":"Featuring the world’s most impressive emerging and established Leading Visionaries this is the podcast where audiences can expect stellar conversations that spotlight, celebrate and elevate our incredible guests in every industry and field of expertise including new emergent fields that might not be on everyone’s radar. Our guest list and our audience is made up of the people on this planet who are thinking differently, seeing new possibilities, and have the courage to dream big, take inspired action & create conscious change on an epic and often global scale. Designed and intended to support Leading Visionaries to be seen, heard & supported in the full realization of their ingenious, insightful, innovative and inspired ideas, this show is dedicated to those who are wholeheartedly contributing to what matters most - A thriving earth, thriving relationships, and co-creating in ways that are playful, pleasurable and profitable. We intend to leverage this production in service to activating the field of consciousness in order to receive and thoroughly nourish the changes that Leading Visionaries were destined to deliver into reality while also supporting them to be living a legendary…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-08T04:20:28.606316+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leading-visionaries-podcast-6419551"},"episode":{"title":"Delegating to Tomorrow with Sophia Mikelionis - 119","slug":"delegating-to-tomorrow-with-sophia-mikelionis-119","published_at":"2026-02-03T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leading-visionaries-podcast-6419551/delegating-to-tomorrow-with-sophia-mikelionis-119","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leading-visionaries-podcast-6419551","url":"https://leading-visionaries-pod.captivate.fm","audio_url":"https://growx.podkite.com/https/PKjvk092tx/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/episodes.captivate.fm/episode/ad0215b2-a7fd-4a65-8ad8-3805b3a71d66.mp3","summary":"What if burnout isn’t a personal failure, but a leadership signal asking for something different? In this episode of the Leading Visionaries, host Anjel B. Hartwell sits down with Sophia Mikelionis, self-leadership expert and founder of Gearing Together. Sophia shares her journey from thriving in corporate leadership to realizing that success without alignment was costing her relationships, health, and joy. If you lead a team, run a business, or feel the quiet exhaustion of always being the reliable one, this conversation will give you language, permission, and tools to lead differently. What You Will Learn: Why burnout is often a systems and leadership issue, not a personal weakness. How self-leadership differs from traditional leadership models. Why empathy is a strategic leadership skill, not a soft one. How constant availability and smartphone culture contribute to chronic burnout. What it means to “delegate to tomorrow” and why it is a form of self-trust. How middle managers become trapped between senior leadership pressure and team burnout. Why high performers struggle to slow down even when success is costing them personally. How emotional flatness can be an early warning sign of burnout. What physical cues like tension, fatigue, and irritability reveal about overextension. How to identify energy leaks in your calendar and daily routines. Why sunk cost fallacy keeps leaders stuck in misaligned roles, systems, or strategies. How small, intentional habits can prevent burnout before it escalates. Why leaders must create space for strategic thinking instead of living in execution mode. How teams can address burnout together instead of in isolation. What sustainable leadership looks like in a fast-moving, high-demand world. Resource: Sophia Mikelionis Gearing Togethe…","meta_description":"What if burnout isn’t a personal failure, but a leadership signal asking for something different? 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