A People First Leadership Style Can Lift Performance with Victor Trieu (Australia)

Send us Fan MailSeven mental health spirals. Six burnouts. A successful corporate career on paper, and a private fight to keep going underneath it. We sit down with Victor Trieu, a former banking executive with 18 years in Australia’s corporate world, to talk honestly about what high pressure environments can do to your confidence, your body, and your sense of self when you believe you are never quite “enough”. If you have ever felt trapped in comparison, afraid to speak up, or worried that one wobble will end your career, this conversation will feel uncomfortably familiar, and genuinely useful.We dig into the reality behind workplace mental health awareness: leaders may care, but many still do not know what to do when someone is struggling. Victor explains how culture, performance expectations, and unspoken rules push people to wear a mask, and how burnout often shows up first as small pattern changes, lateness, silence on messages, agitation, a different energy. We also talk about why support is not “soft”: psychological safety, trust, and autonomy can increase motivation and outcomes, not reduce them.Victor shares his people first leadership approach, starting with a day one question: what does “version 2.0” of you look like? From there, he builds a foundation of trust through regular one to ones that focus on the person, not just the task list. We finish with the simplest tool that can change a trajectory: asking “Are you okay?” and meaning it. If this helps, please subscribe, share with someone who needs it, and leave us a review.Music, lyrics, guitar and singing by Dr Ariel Rosita KingTeach me to live one day at a timewith courage love and a sense of pride.Giving me the ability to love and accept myselfso I can go and give it to someone else.Teach me to live one day at a time.....Support the showThe Business of LifeDr Ariella (Ariel) Rosita KingOriginal Song, "Teach Me to Live one Day At A Time"written, guitar and vocals by Dr. Ariel Rosita KingDr King Solutions (USA Office)1629 K St, NW #300, Washington, DC 20006, USA, +[email protected]