Burnout is often misunderstood as an individual failing, rather than a predictable outcome of high-pressure systems and leadership cultures. For legal leaders and managers, this misunderstanding carries real risk, to people, performance, and organisational sustainability.
This webinar explores burnout through a leadership lens, with particular relevance to the legal profession.
It defines burnout clearly and distinguishes it from everyday pressure or short-term stress, drawing on established psychological and organisational understanding. The session also covers the regulatory obligations regarding mental health and wellbeing set out by the SRA in their 2022/2023 guidance and frames this around not only wellbeing, but also compliance, risk and reputation.
Designed for senior leaders and managers, and anyone who works alongside others as part of a team, the webinar examines how high-performing individuals often mask burnout, and how leadership behaviours, role-modelling, and unspoken expectations can either perpetuate or prevent it. Relevant terminology such as psychological safety, duty of care, capacity, and sustainable performance will be explored in practical, accessible terms.
Participants will leave with a clearer understanding of why burnout is a leadership issue, not only a personal weakness, and what credible, proportionate changes leaders can make to protect themselves and also retention, morale, and long-term performance.
Burnout doesn’t signal a lack of commitment. It signals a system under strain. This session helps leaders learn how to see it in themselves and others, and respond in a way that mitigates the risks of harm.
Legal leaders or managers, future leaders and those working as part of a team.
This webinar is for suitable for all levels.
- Understand burnout as a leadership and cultural issue, rather than an individual weakness
- Clearly define burnout and distinguish it from pressure, stress, and short-term overload
- Recognise the early and often hidden signs of burnout in high-performing individuals
- Identify how leadership behaviours, systems, and unspoken expectations can contribute to burnout
- Understand the leadership risks associated with burnout, including impact on performance, retention, judgement, and morale and the regulatory, compliance and risk implications
- Identify practical, proportionate actions leaders can take to support sustainable performance within their teams
Burnout is a leadership and systems issue, not a personal failure
Burnout develops when sustained pressure meets limited recovery and unspoken expectations. In high-performing cultures, it is often mistaken for commitment or competence. Leaders play a critical role in shaping the conditions that either normalise burnout or prevent it.
High performers are often the last to be noticed, and the most at risk
Burnout rarely looks like disengagement at first. It often shows up as over-functioning, perfectionism, reduced perspective, and emotional flattening. Without early recognition, this quietly erodes judgement, decision-making, and long-term performance.
Sustainable leadership protects performance by protecting capacity
Rest, boundaries, and realistic workload management are not soft options. They are strategic leadership practices that support clarity, retention, and trust. Sustainable performance is created through leadership choices, not individual endurance.
This live webinar contains a 45-minute presentation from Hannah Beko and a 15-minute Q&A session where you can ask any questions you'd like directly to Hannah. You can download your own copy of the presentation and resources to refer to during and after the live webinar.
You will be able to actively listen to the course and ask questions to the speaker.
This live webinar provides you with 1 hour of learning.
Attendees will receive a CPD certificate upon completion of this course.
The live webinar begins at 13:00 and our Q&A session starts at 13:45
The £69 +VAT price includes:
- 45-minutes of topical content
- 15-minute interactive Q&A
- comprehensive notes
- CPD Certificate
Of course! Once you select the live webinar, you will have the option to select the number of tickets you want to purchase, then you can follow the instructions on the screen. Once your payment has been processed, you will then be asked to assign the tickets to those attending. Each delegate will then receive an email with instructions on how to finalise their booking.
Simply get in touch with team@formediagroup.co.uk to request an invoice, you will need to let us know which live webinar you are booking and how many attendees you need to book.
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Hannah Beko
Hannah Beko is the founder of Authentically Speaking, a leadership and burnout-prevention consultancy working with lawyers and law firms. A practising solicitor and team leader, she understands the realities of high-pressure professional environments from the inside. Hannah works with senior leaders and teams to address burnout at a cultural and systemic level, not as a personal failing. Her work focuses on sustainable leadership, psychological safety, and helping high-performing professionals reconnect with clarity, energy, and integrity at work.
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