Office Hours #842: Breaking Burnout: Mindset, Healing, and High-Performance Leadership with Adaku Mbagwu, James McPartland, and Tom LeNoble

Adaku Mbagwu is the founder of HEAL and a transformational coach for high-achieving first-born daughters seeking success without burnout. Drawing from her own experience as the eldest of six, Adaku addresses the hidden pressures of being “the strong one,” including perfectionism and people-pleasing. After overcoming depression, homelessness, and failed suicide attempts, she discovered that limiting beliefs—not circumstances—were her greatest barrier. This realization led her to rebuild her life, create a seven-figure recruitment business, and develop her Strategic Vulnerability™ method, now used to help ambitious women scale their careers and lives with peace, fulfillment, and wholeness. James “Mac” McPartland is a keynote speaker, MindShift and Performance Coach, and author of the Unopened Gifts® series, with more than 25 years of experience helping leaders and teams achieve breakthrough performance. Having worked with organizations such as Bank of America, IBM, and Kellogg’s, Mac blends performance psychology, storytelling, and endurance-sports lessons to build cultures of trust and accountability. His perspective is shaped by real-world entrepreneurship, including scaling a company from $1 million to nearly $200 million, reinforcing his belief that most leadership challenges stem from mindset, beliefs, and internal narratives—not strategy alone. Tom LeNoble brings a rare combination of executive leadership and lived humility to his work as CEO of the Academy for Coaching Excellence and leadership coach with Santa Clara University’s Miller Center for Global Impact. His career includes senior roles at Facebook, Walmart.com, Palm (HP), and MCI (Verizon), yet his leadership philosophy was profoundly shaped by surviving life-threatening illnesses that forced him to reassess identity, control, and success. A #1 international bestselling author, Tom now helps leaders navigate adversity with clarity and grace, redefining success beyond titles and speed, as reflected in his upcoming book, My Life in Business Suits, Hospital Gowns, and High Heels.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.