Are Thought Leaders Getting Exhausted?

The hype of social media influencers will not abate, but neither will the growing interest in managing mental health online.

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Thought leaders offer their insights and observations on a particular subject, helping everyone understand the direction an industry or favorite environment is headed. They are meant to add value first. Everyone has a problem that they want to be solved, especially the people following the thought leader. Thought leaders play into this need through their insightful responses, be it in a video or written in a blog post.

But is the effort to being a thought leader creating a new form of stress, particularly online?

Every time that thought leaders issue those observations, they must be pragmatic in tone and not just a rant. Rants don’t provide answers. they can be terrific expressions of frustrations, articulating a built-up feeling. But most rants don’t answer questions. They can often cause more problems than what is needed, especially for a leader. As an example, look at the liabilities rants bring to CEOs: I examine this topic in another post.

Thought leaders can rant occasionally but at the end of the day thought leaders must be…