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This is a follow-up to my previous reflection on harmful leadership.But today I want to go deeper — into something I’ve seen unfold silently, repeatedly, and painfully in workplaces everywhere: Burnout — and the ways leadership shapes, accelerates, or prevents it. Burnout doesn’t strike like lightning. It doesn’t knock on the door with a warning. It doesn’t announce itself with dramatic collapse. It comes slowly. Quietly. Professionally, even. It builds in the people who once

For years, we’ve misunderstood burnout, we’ve reduced it to a simple equation: too many hours = exhaustion. But that explanation is comforting only because it’s easy. It allows organizations to blame workload, and individuals to blame themselves. The truth is far more complex — and far more uncomfortable. Burnout rarely stems from the quantity  of work. It stems from the quality of the environment  around that work. It’s the subtle forces — the invisible pressures that slowly

Most people think productivity is about time management, filling every hour with tasks, endless to-do lists, and back-to-back meetings. I...

Ambition is a powerful driver. It pushes us to set bold goals, work harder, and strive for excellence. But unchecked ambition can also...

Burnout is the occupational disease of our time. More and more people feel drained, exhausted, and disconnected from their work and...