Burnout & Change Fatigue
Your People Are Exhausted
Your Teams Are Running on Empty.
People are tired. Not normal tired, bone-deep, considering-quitting tired. They've been through three reorgs, four strategy pivots, and two failed transformations. Now you're asking for another change and getting dead stares. Trust is gone. Nobody goes above and beyond anymore. Your best people are updating their resumes.
- Everything requires heroics, late nights, weekends, constant crunch
- Best performers leaving, exit interviews mention "burnout" and "culture"
- Teams resist any new initiative, "here we go again"
- Sick days up, energy down, people are physically depleted
You're Not Imagining It
If any of these sound familiar, you've found the right place.
Everything requires heroics, late nights, weekends, constant crunch
Best performers leaving, exit interviews mention "burnout" and "culture"
Teams resist any new initiative, "here we go again"
Sick days up, energy down, people are physically depleted
Meetings are silent, no one speaks up or pushes back anymore
Doing minimum required. Passion and initiative are dead
Why Organizations Create Burnout
Burnout isn't about individual resilience, it's about systemic overload. Organizations that normalize 60-hour weeks, require heroics to hit deadlines, and punish failure create burnout by design. The system is unsustainable.
Change fatigue compounds the problem. Every failed transformation, every abandoned initiative, every pivot without explanation depletes trust and energy. People protect themselves by disengaging.
The irony: burned out teams are less productive, not more. The crunch that seemed necessary actually makes delivery worse. Sustainable pace isn't just humane, it's more effective.
This Is Common
Teams With Energy, Not Exhaustion
Stop the burnout cycle so your people can do their best work without burning out.
No more late nights and weekend crunches to hit deadlines
Your best people stop quitting
Teams willing to try new things instead of resisting change
Delivery that doesn't depend on heroics
How We Restore Sustainable Pace
We fix the systems that create burnout and rebuild the trust that change fatigue destroyed.
Reduce the Load
We identify what's creating overload: too much WIP, unrealistic deadlines, understaffed teams. Then we reduce it. Not by working smarter, by doing less. Sustainable pace starts with sustainable expectations.
Eliminate Heroics
We make heroics unnecessary by fixing the underlying problems. If hitting deadlines requires late nights, the problem is the deadline or the scope. Not the effort level.
Rebuild Trust
We help leaders acknowledge past failures honestly. Then we demonstrate change through action, not promises. Small wins build credibility. Consistency rebuilds trust.
Protect the Recovery
We build guardrails to prevent backsliding: WIP limits, explicit agreements on sustainable pace, metrics that flag overload early. Recovery requires ongoing protection.
What Happens When Energy Returns
People start caring again
When burnout lifts, people go beyond the minimum. Ideas flow. People volunteer for hard problems. Energy is contagious.
"Once we got out of the bottom of the change curve, the energy fundamentally changed. They were able to take ownership in a way they never had the context to do well before." - Nicole Tanzillo, Ceresa
Turnover drops
People don't leave jobs they love. Sustainable pace and genuine culture make your best people want to stay.
Productivity increases
Counterintuitively, working less produces more. Fresh teams outperform exhausted ones. Sustainable pace beats crunch.
People stop resisting new ideas
Exhausted teams say no to everything. Rested teams can handle change. When you rebuild trust and energy, the next improvement initiative doesn't get stonewalled.
See How We Fixed It
Real organizations that overcame this challenge with our help.
Texas Mutual Insurance
Rather than waiting to be disrupted by competition, Texas Mutual chose proactive transformation to deliver seamless customer value faster and better than ever before.
Southwest Airlines IT
Southwest Airlines transformed their Crew IT department of 250 people across 25 teams, saving over $5 million in just two months through improved agility and faster delivery.
Ready to Recover?
Tell us what's exhausting your teams. We'll help you identify what's creating burnout and how to fix it. 30 minutes, no pitch.
Restore Energy