Part 1 of a five-part series.

Everyday leadership can be exhausting. There’s an unrecognized factor as to why: leaders experience several hidden drains that are depleting. Many leaders don’t recognize why they feel drained and what they can do about it.

By becoming conscious of the psychological mechanisms and drains, leaders can learn how to regulate their inner resources to overcome them.

In a recent study, I interviewed 20 Fortune 1,000 CEOs to understand what leadership performance looks like when executives are thriving and when they are burned out. The results uncovered the top five drains to a CEO’s energy, which applies to all leaders. Through a series of five posts, I’ll explore what’s behind each drain and how leaders can overcome them to lead at their best.

Let's focus on the number one drain CEOs experience: feeling a loss of control over their day and........

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