Why Middle Manager Burnout Keeps Rising Even When Companies Invest in Workplace Culture Strategy

I have been reading about organizations that have invested in leadership training, engagement surveys and wellness programs and still find middle manager burnout growing, and the numbers are hard to ignore. A 2026 survey from Simon Sinek’s Optimism Company asked 971 middle level leaders how they were doing, and 75% reported extreme burnout while more […]
How Promoting a Great Employee Can Negatively Impact Your Workplace Culture Strategy

Promoting a great employee into management can create a workplace culture problem when an organization assumes that being excellent at the job means the person is ready to manage the people doing the job. What we have to ensure in a workplace culture strategy is that we need to have an awareness that the skills […]