Burnout rarely starts with exhaustion — it starts with silence. And by the time it’s visible, the damage is already done.
I recently spoke with an HR Director who said, “We only found out she was close to burnout when she stopped replying to messages — and her projects were already delayed.” That silence wasn’t laziness. It was a signal — one hidden in workload imbalance, longer response times, and declining participation.The data was there. Just […]
