#143 | The IT Burnout: 6 Categories That Are Quietly Destroying Your Team

▶︎ #143 | The IT Burnout: 6 Categories That Are Quietly Destroying Your TeamThe data is already alarming: 62% of IT professionals feel physically or emotionally drained, 47% of tech leaders feel that way every single week, and only 21% can be considered genuinely healthy when it comes to burnout risk. But the bigger problem isn't the scale — it's that most leaders are treating burnout as one thing, and applying generic fixes to what is actually six very different problems.In this episode, your host, Aleksandra Lemańska, introduces the 6 Burnout Categories from the CQ Leadership Method: Stretching Too Much, Excessive Workload, High-Pressure Environment, Constant Learning Pressure, Work-Life Imbalance, and Lack of Recognition. Each one has a different set of early behavioral signals. Each one requires a different leadership response. And any single category, left unaddressed, is enough to lose someone.The episode unpacks what each category looks like before the crisis point — because by the time someone hands in their notice, you've already lost. Alex shares Maya's story: perfect delivery every sprint, never a complaint, gone in two weeks because nobody saw her as a person beyond her output. Replacement cost: six to nine months of lost productivity and over $40,000 in recruitment. Recognition isn't a soft problem. It’s a strategic one.✉︎ FOLLOW ME ON: ⤵︎LinkedIn: @aleksandralemanskaTikTok: @aleksandra_lemanskaX: @lemanskillsStartup Community Poznan: @startup-community-poznan-scpwww.lemanskills.comJoin Leadership Pulse! https://lemanskills.com/pulse/