The Working Dead…

Does your Monday morning board meeting resemble the cast of The Walking Dead? It’s time to take action to prevent the burnout epidemic.

Manager burnout: a chilling reality

70 hours of work, endless calls, midnight emails.
We thought zombies only existed in TV series.
And yet, you only have to walk into a meeting room on Monday morning to see them in real life.
Slow, exhausted, at the end of our tether.

Manager burnout is no longer an exception : it is becoming the norm.
And with it, rushed decisions, a loss of leadership, a demotivation that contaminates the teams.
When management falters, the whole company falters.

How to break the curse of burnout?

No need for magic potions, but real strategies:

• Encourage delegation : your managers are not superheroes (or AI), you must learn to share responsibilities.
• Prioritize smartly : Not everything is urgent. It’s time to give meaning back to the agenda.
• Establish a culture of disconnection : after 8 p.m., the only thing that deserves a notification is the end of the episode.

These simple actions can prevent a lot of drama… and keep your leaders alive.

Interim management: the little-known antidote

What if you couldn’t manage everything in-house?

Interim management is a bit like calling on a passing hero:

• He takes over critical projects , giving your teams time to breathe.
• He replaces a manager who is at the end of his tether , giving him a (saving) break without bringing down the organization.

Not an HR gimmick, but a real lifeline in times of storm. And above all, proof that performance and humanity can be reconciled.