Resilience · March 2026

Burnout isn't a productivity problem

We keep trying to fix it with better time management. The research, and 30 years of practice, suggests otherwise.

Your most committed employees are your highest burnout risk. Not the disengaged ones. Not the clock-watchers. The people who care deeply about their work.

This is the burnout paradox. And it's one that most organisations are still not equipped to see.

What the research actually says

Christina Maslach made a point that still doesn't get enough attention: burnout is not a personal failing. It is a response to chronic, poorly managed work stress. The problem lives in the system, not the individual.

What actually helps

The solution is not better time management. It starts with honest conversations, about what the work is actually costing, about where the energy is going.

That's not soft skill work. That's sustainable performance.

Still learning. Still moving forward.