Topic

Burnout & Wellbeing

The World Health Organization classifies burn-out as an occupational phenomenon and not a medical condition, defining it as a syndrome resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed. That definition sets the manager's job precisely: the conditions are yours to change, the diagnosis is not yours to make. These articles cover the workload patterns that show up in records before anyone says a word, what the US survey evidence says about how common the underlying conditions are, and one rule that runs through both. Workload data indicates risk patterns. It does not diagnose anyone, and the response is a conversation and a change to the work, never a performance process.