Why Thoughtload, Not Workload, Drains Teams: Dr. Liane Davey on Outcomes, Emotions, and the Leader's Role

Your team is not overloaded with work. Your team is overloaded with thoughtload.

Dr. Liane Davey, organizational psychologist and New York Times bestselling author, has spent her career working only with teams. She joins Dr. Steve Jeffs and Erwin de Grave to explain why activity and output keep rising while outcomes stall.

Liane breaks thoughtload into three parts: rising cognitive demands, growing emotional burdens, and shrinking energy reserves. She shows why leaders shape team dynamics more than anyone in the room. She explains the difference between emotions and feelings. And she shares a simple weekly practice: three one-hour blocks with zero input.

For coaches who work with leaders and teams, this conversation gives you a clear way to separate busy work from work toward outcomes.