Episode 128: Burnout Is Contagious. So Is Steadiness.

Your team does not catch your intentions. They catch your state. Maya and Marcus start with two definitions of burnout — the American Psychological Association’s broad one, and the World Health Organization’s revised, work-specific one — then trace how strain spreads: first through mood, in Thomas Sy’s and Sigal Barsade’s research, then as burnout itself, in Arnold Bakker’s study of intensive care nurses. The mechanism runs two ways, direct and indirect, and contagion runs both ways: steadiness transmits too. Four steps close it out: audit your transmission, reset before you enter, stop the indirect spread, and transmit steadiness on purpose. This show is written and produced by Joe Dutkiewicz of Crayon Leadership. Joe equips mid-senior leaders to think and act two levels up, so they’re recognizable to top leaders and ready for the promotion before it opens. Find Joe on LinkedIn, X, YouTube, Facebook, and at the Crayon Leadership website. Maya and Marcus are AI voices, created with text-to-speech.