Burnout is a leadership problem, not a people problem —
and the solution is in your hands
The economic cost of employee exhaustion, disengagement and despair impacts the
global economy by as much as $10 trillion every year. In the face of this mass
burnout, simple wellness programs are struggling to make a difference. Built
to Burn exposes the uncomfortable truth: Burnout is a matter of culture,
not a personal failure. And leaders need to redesign the conditions that ignite
this fire.
Built to Burn shares clear, deep insights into why wellbeing and
productivity are both suffering under current models of work. Drawing on
neuroscience, organisational psychology and 25+ years of consulting, Karl
Treacher shows how to rethink the goals and culture of the modern workplace.
The best leaders drive extraordinary performance while protecting the people
who produce it. With the tools in this book, you’ll learn how to build
solutions that lead to healthier, happier, higher-performing teams.
You’ll discover:
- why
psychosocial safety is now a legal obligation in Australia, the UK and the
EU, and what that means for how you lead
- why
the manager, not the wellness program, is the single biggest predictor of
whether your team burns out or thrives
- how
always-on digital culture fuels the burnout epidemic and chronic workplace
stress physically changes the brain
- a
90-day action plan for building a culture where high performance and
wellbeing reinforce each other.
Built to Burn is a call to action for anyone who manages people: Stop
treating the symptoms, and start redesigning the system. Whether you lead a
global enterprise or a team of five, the choices you make about work culture
shape the health, performance and lives of every person in your care.
About the Author
KARL TREACHER is one of Australia’s most sought-after
culture strategists, advising boards and executive teams around the world for
over 25 years. Group CEO of The Culture Institute of Australia and Adjunct
Associate Professor at Griffith Business School, he works at the forefront of
sustained culture transformation.
