by Janice Litvin | Sep 14, 2026 | Leadership, Stress/Burnout
Last week Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., President and CEO of SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management), sounded an alarm about a group we don’t always think about when we talk about burnout: leaders. Did you know that 45% of middle managers report burnout, more than any...
by Janice Litvin | Jun 5, 2026 | Stress/Burnout
I’m overwhelmed with so much work. If I’m smart enough to do my work, why can’t I figure out how to handle these feelings of burnout? Have you ever caught yourself thinking like this? Many high performers do. They’re intelligent, capable, and successful by...
by Janice Litvin | Jun 25, 2025 | Emotional Intelligence, Employee Engagement, Leadership
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹-𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹-𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴? Thank you to Elaine Lung for asking this question in response to my earlier post about toxic workplace cultures, which you can see here:...
by Janice Litvin | Jun 6, 2025 | Emotional Intelligence, Employee Engagement, Stress/Burnout
Recently I heard one of the most horrific stories a burnout expert can hear. My boss doesn’t give a damn if I’m overworked. My boss negates my ideas about our work. My boss tells me to just do it when I’m already so overloaded. To say that I was stunned is an...
by Janice Litvin | Oct 7, 2024 | Emotional Intelligence, Employee Engagement, Leadership
When was the last time you saw a close friend whom you haven’t seen in ages? How did you feel afterwards? Recently my husband and I ventured two hours north to the Gold Country of Northern California to visit my best boss ever, Frank, the manager I never wanted to...
