Burnout Is The Silent Killer of Fast-Growing Companies.

Burnout?!

It's true. And I think you'll see it too if you give me a chance to explain.

Not surprisingly, fast-growing companies grow, well, fast.

Every year, there's more work to be done, more products to develop, more people to serve, and more problems to solve. And it all needed to be done yesterday.

Stated simply, fast-growing companies experience High Demand (like really high).

And not just this year, but next year, and every year after that.

Without fail, every company we have ever talked to experiences friction as the demand consistently rides dangerously close to (and eventually higher than) their capacity.

The dynamic of rising demand meeting a limited capacity creates a host of issues, starting with disengagement, then burnout, resulting in downstream effects like high turnover, low performance, and profitability problems.

We interviewed over 200 INC 5000 Founders and discovered "lack of capacity" to be the most common issue.

If Burnout is the Silent Assassin, then Lack of Capacity writes the Checks.

And burnout is killing our companies.

Consider the downstream impact burnout creates ...

On performance ...

Burned-out employees are 22% less productive.

They get less done in a day, conduct their work with lower quality than they're capable of, drop important balls, and waste precious hours struggling to find their groove.

On profitability ...

Burned-out employees are 21% less profitable than engaged employees.

They create less value for the organization, impacting relationships with your customers and unknowingly undermining the value proposition you've worked hard to establish.

On teams ...

Unnecessary drama and tension grow as people become increasingly self-preservationist, killing much-needed cohesion and collaboration. Leaders spread burnout to their teams.

73% of teams with burned-out managers also report burnout, compared to the 22% of burnout in teams with engaged leaders.

On turnover ...

58% of employees with burned-out managers consider leaving. Many of these valued employees do leave, costing you time and money to replace and train someone new. The ones that do stay still spend sideways energy thinking about (and pursuing) other job opportunities. I'm sure you're familiar with the Great Resignation.

Imagine a world where your people perform better, create more value for customers, lead engaged teams, and work for you longer.

The good news is burnout can be beaten. You can experience more capacity for yourself and your people ...