Thoughtload, Burnout, and the Invisible Tax on Performance with Dr. Liane Davey

CONNECT WITH JESSI ON LINKEDIN >>> HERE!Sometimes the workload looks reasonable on paper, but your team still looks exhausted, distracted, reactive, and overwhelmed.Dr. Liane Davey says that is because leaders are often looking at the wrong load.In this episode of At Work, Under Pressure, Jessi Beyer sits down with Dr. Liane Davey of 3COze to talk about thoughtload, burnout, conflict debt, emotional contagion, decision fatigue, workplace safety, and why the invisible cognitive and emotional burden people carry may be doing more damage than the visible workload itself.Liane explains why thoughtload follows us everywhere, how stress differs from burnout, why unresolved conflict compounds like debt, and what leaders can do to help teams reconnect to meaningful outcomes before overwhelm becomes a safety or mental health issue.In this episode, Jessi and Liane discuss:Why leaders misdiagnose burnout when they only look at workloadHow thoughtload creates cognitive, emotional, and physical safety risksThe difference between stress, distress, burnout, and quiet quittingWhy people need “no input” time to metabolize what they are carryingHow conflict debt compounds and travels home with employeesWhy teams need to reconnect to the outcome they are truly trying to createHow suicide loss affects an entire organization through emotional contagionThis episode is for executives, HR leaders, managers, safety professionals, team leaders, and anyone trying to understand why people can be overwhelmed even when the work itself looks manageable.Because sometimes the work is not the problem.The thoughtload is.CONNECT WITH DR. DAVEYLinkedInPersonal WebsiteProfessional WebsiteThoughtload: Manage the Madness and Free Your Team to Do Great Work