Is your team building up, burning out, or checking out?

In 2023 we all were introduced to a new phenomenon, 'quiet quitting'. The idea spread virally on social media and suddenly millions of people confirmed that they were not going above and beyond at work, and were just meeting their job description. They were checking out

Yet as well as checking out, burn out has an equally negative impact on individual and team performance

Mental health UK in their 2025 study cited that 1 in 5 workers still needed time off work due to mental health struggles caused by burn out. The Report states, "With burn out, you feel so detached and demotivated that it impacts your ability to function and you feel hopeless that your situation can change"

Both burn out and check out (quiet quitting) are real. The ratio of engaged to actively disengaged employees is now 1.8 to 1 according to a recent Gallup poll. This is the lowest in almost 10 years. The overall decline in engagement is particularly related ...

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s you being promoted to a leader – you are now a Superhero!

And we do all love a Superhero – from 1938 when the first Superman comic was published, to Wonder Woman appearing in comic in 1941, to the present day Marvel cinematic Superheroes. The Marvel Superheroes look like us but they’re better. Whether she is battling baddies, fighting against the odds, smart, strong, fast, furious. Wrestling the insurmountable, Superheroes offer a sense of hope and inspiration. When things seem overwhelming, They are something to look up to. They take on the impossible and win

And now you are a leader, that Superhero, my friend, is you

The thing is, a lot of us sort of ‘land up’ in our leadership roles. We are picked as captain of the football, hockey or chess teams at school, identified for our ‘natural leadership style’ and it sort of goes from there. We maybe get sent on a leadership course or two, yet often we simply work hard, are the best at what we do, an...

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s you being promoted to a leader – you are now a Superhero!

And we do all love a Superhero – from 1938 when the first Superman comic was published, to Wonder Woman appearing in comic in 1941, to the present day Marvel cinematic Superheroes. The Marvel Superheroes look like us but they’re better. Whether she is battling baddies, fighting against the odds, smart, strong, fast, furious. Wrestling the insurmountable, Superheroes offer a sense of hope and inspiration. When things seem overwhelming, They are something to look up to. They take on the impossible and win

And now you are a leader, that Superhero, my friend, is you

The thing is, a lot of us sort of ‘land up’ in our leadership roles. We are picked as captain of the football, hockey or chess teams at school, identified for our ‘natural leadership style’ and it sort of goes from there. We maybe get sent on a leadership course or two, yet often we simply work hard, are the best at what we do, an...