E18: Hidden Cost of High Achieving with Linda Roszak Burton

Executive Alliance Podcast · Oct 20, 2026 · 1h 3m · transcript

In this episode, Rebecca talks with Linda Roszak Burton, a board-certified health and well-being coach, executive coach, and former president of Executive Alliance, about the hidden cost of high achievement in leadership. Roszak Burton explains how the pandemic revealed a blind spot in leadership development: programs built around strategy and decision-making rarely address the physical and emotional resilience leaders need to sustain it all. She shares how overused strengths, like drive and high achievement, can quietly work against leaders, and discusses practical tools from her coaching…