Great Leaders Care: Developing Safe, Resilient and Successful Teams

In Great Leaders Care, Graeme Cowan challenges the false choice between results and wellbeing. Leadership today comes with higher emotional demands and less support, while burnout has become the norm. Cowan argues that sustainable high performance is impossible when leaders and their teams are running on empty. Drawing on interviews with leading CEOs, research in psychological safety, and his own recovery from severe depression, Cowan introduces a practical framework built around three pillars: • Self-Care • Crew-Care • Red Zone Care The book equips leaders to recognise burnout early, build psychologically safe teams, foster genuine connection, and create cultures where accountability and care reinforce one another. Blending lived experience with evidence-based tools, Great Leaders Care provides immediately actionable strategies for leaders who want performance without sacrificing their people — or themselves.